Materfamilias Writes

Sensible — and Somehow Luxurious — Dressing for the Holidays

Sensible — and Somehow Luxurious — Dressing for the Holidays

 While we’ve downscaled our Christmas shopping considerably ’round this part — and I’ve shopped much less in general this year of our big move and long travel — the Alessi Nativity set I showed you…

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A Little Self-Care, A Little Guilt. . . a New Dress. . .

A Little Self-Care, A Little Guilt. . . a New Dress. . .

 Thank you so very much for your spirit-lifting, heart-warming, sorrow-and-joy-validating comments on my post yesterday.  Both collectively and individually, they seem to me a model of empathy as distinct from and preferable (for me, at…

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Ten Weeks, One Carry-On: A Report at Seven Weeks. . .

Ten Weeks, One Carry-On: A Report at Seven Weeks. . .

  Listen, I have to tell you the truth. The present political context has left me a little less interested, a bit defensive perhaps, in posting on my travel wardrobe. I’m going to keep my…

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What I Wore, Getting a Bit Chilly in Bordeaux

What I Wore, Getting a Bit Chilly in Bordeaux

 I’m working on that Ten Weeks One Carry-On post, and I hope to have it up soon. Meanwhile, I suspect we’re heading into the weather that will truly test. . . We walked to the…

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Wednesday Illustrations, Autumn in Bordeaux

Wednesday Illustrations, Autumn in Bordeaux

I want to offer you something today, but franchement, after this morning’s yoga class — oof! what a workout! — and given that we’re due to meet our French tutor in an hour, I can’t…

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