Materfamilias Writes

Fauna in the Flora. . . in Time’s Telescope . . .

Fauna in the Flora. . . in Time’s Telescope . . .

A bronze grasshopper leaps through my peripheral vision. Instantly, I see its green ancestor, through a gap between small fingers, a peephole into the rosy darkness of a cupped young hand — one of my…

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From Lows to Highs (On a Bike)

From Lows to Highs (On a Bike)

Before we cycle back up out of my “slough of despond,” I must thank all of you who read and commented onmy last post for your support and thoughtfulness and wisdom. If you haven’t yet…

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Anne Enright’s The Forgotten Waltz

Anne Enright’s The Forgotten Waltz

I have some tidying up today, given that I try to stack books I’ve finished to the left of my computer until I’ve at least mentioned them here, before I put them away. Pile’s getting…

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Too Depressing for Words? But Let’s Try, Shall We?

Too Depressing for Words? But Let’s Try, Shall We?

ADDED HOURS AFTER ORIGINAL POSTING: JUST  poking my head in to thank you all for your supportive feedback and to assure you that I’m fine now. Have been fine since Monday. Hope that doesn’t make…

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Unpacking. . .

Unpacking. . .

Back home on the island, unpacking and thinking . . . and remembering glorious, if often stark, images from the trip into BC’s interior. Such different landscapes than anything we have here on the Coast.…

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