Materfamilias Writes

Riding Bikes . . . and Sketching Them Too, Apparently. . .

Riding Bikes . . . and Sketching Them Too, Apparently. . .

We’re lucky to have our granddaughter with us today, so I’ll keep my Monday post very light. Pleased to say that I finally finished my mini watercolour sketchbook(I should post a few more pages here…

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OOTD for Walking and Listening and Thinking. . . Postcards from the Neighbourhood

OOTD for Walking and Listening and Thinking. . . Postcards from the Neighbourhood

Making up our week’s supply of muesli this morning, getting ready for my online (live, Zoom) yoga class, I thought briefly about the comment an Anonymous reader left on Monday’s post (deleted 30 seconds after I…

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Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Those of us fortunate enough to be #StayingHome have lost many or most or all of the markers that distinguish one day from another. . . And some of us are finding the time that…

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Eating There, Eating Here. . . .Reality Check Post-Travel. . .

Eating There, Eating Here. . . .Reality Check Post-Travel. . .

Plunged right back into family activities this week — my son and daughter-in-law have been in town this week with their Four and One, and although they didn’t stay with us, we’ve been caught up…

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Fearless Friday? Fretting Friday? Somewhere-in-Between Friday, With Kayak. . .

Fearless Friday? Fretting Friday? Somewhere-in-Between Friday, With Kayak. . .

In the interests of transparency. . . for those of you who might have been impressed by the photos I posted on Instagram earlier this week of Pater and I paddling (he took the one above,…

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