Materfamilias Writes

Learning a Thing or Two About Myself, In Retirement. . .

Learning a Thing or Two About Myself, In Retirement. . .

Some recent random aperçus, or observations — not quite epiphanies, but bordering on — about this state of my retirement and my move through what some sociologists are calling Young Old Age (sometimes designated as…

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Monday, Noisy Urban Monday. . .

Monday, Noisy Urban Monday. . .

Monday mornings often find me dragging my feet a bit over writing a blogpost. Yes, it would be smart to work on the Monday post over the weekend, have it ready to go so that…

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Still Talking about Authenticity, At a Certain Age. . .

Still Talking about Authenticity, At a Certain Age. . .

Before we went travelling, I wrote a post onAuthenticity at a Certain Age, particularly as that authenticity pertained to friendship. Some of you question the word itself, “authenticity” being so elusive and/or problematic to establish,…

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Authenticity at a Certain Age — or The Authenticity OF a Certain Age. . .

Authenticity at a Certain Age — or The Authenticity OF a Certain Age. . .

First of all, because this is such a busy pre-travel week for me, I’m going to spread this thinking out into three posts — and the last one is likely to be delayed a bit…

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Flying Solo. . . Flexing my Independent Travel Muscles at a Certain Age

Flying Solo. . . Flexing my Independent Travel Muscles at a Certain Age

I’m not completely sure what demographic we form together, you readers and I. I sometimes think we might be a tad more homogeneous than I’d like (love me some diversity), and I’m pretty sure we…

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