Materfamilias Writes

For that One Particular Fly, Nana. . . Families and Health

For that One Particular Fly, Nana. . . Families and Health

Throughout my pregnancies — so 30 and more years ago — there were some tests available to ascertain the health of the fetus, but not nearly as many as there are now, nor were they…

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Here and There, a (Memory) Visit to Keukenhof

Here and There, a (Memory) Visit to Keukenhof

One of the wonderful and fascinating results of travel, for me, is the way memory grabs certain moments and returns you to them randomly. So that often, you might be in the middle, say, of…

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More Marlon James. . .

More Marlon James. . .

Thanks again to Georgia for a post that has whetted my appetite for reading Elana Ferrante’s backlist. I’ve got Ferrante’s Neapolitan books piled up by my desktop computer waiting for me to be home long…

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Wednesday, Tried for Wordless, Didn’t Quite Work Out!

Wednesday, Tried for Wordless, Didn’t Quite Work Out!

Breaking News!! Within minutes of posting this, sans photos, I seem to have figured out how to download them from the iCloud, on my PC. So here are a few photos of Windows of Rome  I…

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Nana Time (subtitle: coaxing meals from near-empty pantries)

Nana Time (subtitle: coaxing meals from near-empty pantries)

Anticipating my granddaughter’s sleepover, I assumed we’d go out for sushi dinner last night and then out for bacon and eggs or pancakes this morning.  I’d underestimated how much she’d been looking forward to playing…

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