Materfamilias Writes

Paris: Journal, Art, Style Inspiration. . . .

Paris: Journal, Art, Style Inspiration. . . .

This post will deliver what I promised in my last post; whether it will deliver on the title’s promise might be debatable. Think snippets. . . . This afternoon, in a trajectory I attempted to…

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Time, Travel. . . Back to Paris While Sheltering in Place. . . Art for the Spirit

Time, Travel. . . Back to Paris While Sheltering in Place. . . Art for the Spirit

This photo of American artist Kiki Smith’s stunning tapestries displayed in a sumptuous room in Paris’s La Monnaie has garnered more “likes” on my Instagram feedthan anything else I’ve ever posted, by far. and it…

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Neutrals for Comfort

Neutrals for Comfort

This is the best I can manage today — a recent outfit post, taken before I got hit by a serious cold. Much better than I was earlier in the week, I’m planning to get…

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Monday Momentum (drawn from a Portland garden)

Monday Momentum (drawn from a Portland garden)

 Monday morning, the first day I’ve felt really well since being felled by something Gastro last Tuesday night in Portland. You know, just after I posted about finally achieving traction on my 2020 schedule such…

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From Rome, to Paris, to You. . . .

From Rome, to Paris, to You. . . .

By now you’ve realized that this Paris expedition of mine was really a foil for a Nana visit to a small town near Rome. . . and that this goal was thwarted by the National…

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