Materfamilias Writes

A Horse Named Cash. . . Report from a 70th Birthday Celebration

A Horse Named Cash. . . Report from a 70th Birthday Celebration

Still slowed down here and the post I’d planned to come back with is taking longer than I expected to put together. . . So I’m just here to say thanks for all the birthday…

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La Rentrée, Sneaking up on it, at least. . .

La Rentrée, Sneaking up on it, at least. . .

  I’m not quite ready to return to blogging, still thinking about what that means for me given recent changes to the (free) blogging platform (Blogger) that I’ve been using for 13 (!!) years.  All…

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On the Daily, Sketches from My Covid Journal. . .

On the Daily, Sketches from My Covid Journal. . .

I hope you all saw my last post, about a reader’s adventurous plans for an ex-pat retirement in Portugal. I’ve always daydreamed about living in Europe for a year or so, and Carol’s description of…

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If at First I Can’t Draw That 2CV?. . . Try, Try Again. . .

If at First I Can’t Draw That 2CV?. . . Try, Try Again. . .

 A rainy Tuesday morning here, but I’m not complaining as the precipitation is welcome for fields, forests, streams, and reservoirs. . . I was complaining, only a few weeks ago, about the rain that accompanied…

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Home and Thinking about Clever Cartoons and How To Draw Horses

Home and Thinking about Clever Cartoons and How To Draw Horses

I’m settling happily back in, chez nous, but I’m holding off a bit on blogpost-writing because of both my current familiarity with the wee hours (thank you, jet lag!) and a determination to keep “the…

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