Materfamilias Writes

More Street Art, More Journal Illustration, and a Challenge Met, Finally. . . .

More Street Art, More Journal Illustration, and a Challenge Met, Finally. . . .

 As it turns out, when I go through my photo files, I don’t have as many photos of street art as I thought. But I do have a few more here to share, mostly from…

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Visual Monday — a Little Street Art, A Little Journal Illustration. . . and a wee bit of Food as well. . .

Visual Monday — a Little Street Art, A Little Journal Illustration. . . and a wee bit of Food as well. . .

 We had a wonderful weekend — a tour of the Portes Ouvertes of some of the wine chateaux of the Fronsac appellation on Saturday. I was brave enough to contribute my very obviously fait-main, rustic tarte…

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Our Ferrante ReadAlong Continues, Chapters 21-30 of “Story of the Shoes”

Our Ferrante ReadAlong Continues, Chapters 21-30 of “Story of the Shoes”

It seems to me that in this section we start to see these adolescents, nearing adulthood,  beginning to sort out ways to exercise some agency, to try to make a difference, to change their communities…

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Five Things Friday (Ou Cinq Choses le Vendredi) à Bordeaux

Five Things Friday (Ou Cinq Choses le Vendredi) à Bordeaux

Renting an apartment in Bordeaux for two full months is an extravagance, but for years, I have wanted to nestle into a home in France long enough to get a sense of living here, to…

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Reading Enroute — Trains, Planes, and Hotel Rooms . . .

Reading Enroute — Trains, Planes, and Hotel Rooms . . .

Settled in Bordeaux now, and I’m hoping to get back to a more regular blogging practice, but we’ll see… I’ve read the next ten chapters of Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend for our ReadAlong, and I’m putting…

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