Materfamilias Writes

Wildlife and Me. . . Island Solitude

Wildlife and Me. . . Island Solitude

I’ve been sequestered happily in my island home, puttering, clearing the top of my office desk, marking papers, filling out travel grant applications, writing course proposals, reading poetry, baking cookies, stitching up knitted dresses. .…

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Visibly Hand-knit: Here’s My Sweater Dress!

Visibly Hand-knit: Here’s My Sweater Dress!

I finally finished seaming up those long sides of my dress and might even find a few days cool enough to wear it before spring renders its pounds of wool (only exaggerating a little) just…

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Diana Athill’s Instead of a Book

Diana Athill’s Instead of a Book

Besidesreading for work, though, I’ve snuck in a few books just for me. Diana Athill’s Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend might be my favourite of the year so far; admittedly, I was predisposed…

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Break-ing Stripes

Break-ing Stripes

 We’re at the start of Reading Break now, and just in time! Besides running a Half Marathon last weekend, I’ve had a number of smaller commitments that have added up to fatigue (went to bed…

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Reading for Work

Reading for Work

Much of the reading I’ve done so far this year has been work-related. I read an edited anthology of essays on West Coast writing in order to review the book (Making Waves: Reading BC and…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.