Materfamilias Writes

A bit of down, a lot of Up, makin’ like Sisyphus but with way more joy

A bit of down, a lot of Up, makin’ like Sisyphus but with way more joy

The weekend went fairly well — mom stayed on the waitlist so I didn’t drive her to chemo on Friday, nor did I get to take her wig-buying (in anticipation of the chemo’s predicted effects),…

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Some Cold, Some Warmth, Much Random . . .

Some Cold, Some Warmth, Much Random . . .

We have been living in freezing fog for over a week now. Yesterday, fortunate enough to take in a reading by the visiting Saanich poet Philip Kevin Paul, I was mesmerized not only by the…

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calming down in the fog

calming down in the fog

First, thanks to those of you who wished my mom and my family well as she went through surgery and the following treatment period. Surgery went well on Friday, only the second of its laparoscopically-guided…

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Stuck in the Middle With . . . Worry and Guilt!

Stuck in the Middle With . . . Worry and Guilt!

We spotted this charmingly cheery graffiti near some guerrilla gardening along the railroad tracks not far from Vancouver’s Granville Island back in November, the day before Nola was born actually. Cheery seems just the ticket…

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow . . . (Oh, I wish it wouldn’t!)

Let it Snow, Let it Snow . . . (Oh, I wish it wouldn’t!)

So how did all that snow-fretting work out for me, you’re wondering? Well, here I am in Vancouver, where it snowed a few inches last night, without my car which I had to abandon in…

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