Materfamilias Writes

Spaghetti Here, Spaghetti There. . . .

Spaghetti Here, Spaghetti There. . . .

  There were drawbacks to spending most of our travel time this last trip in a small seaside town outside of Rome. I know, you’re rolling your eyes, but truly, especially if I hadn’t had…

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November, the Busy Stuff and the Breath-giving Joy

November, the Busy Stuff and the Breath-giving Joy

 We’re busy in the summer, don’t you find, because the weather entices us to get outside and do. . . but then the weather changes, and we’re tending to stay inside, so we begin to…

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Saturday Report: City Life, Vancouver Style. . .

Saturday Report: City Life, Vancouver Style. . .

I uploaded these photos early Thursday, planning to write the text the next morning before our visiting family woke.  No time for a Five Things Friday, but I thought I could manage a quick What…

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Back-Alley Wanderings in Urban Vancouver

Back-Alley Wanderings in Urban Vancouver

 I am recovering from a first-ever Urinary Tract Infection. Horridly uncomfortable, as many of you will already know. So very grateful for modern medicine and that I live in a country with very accessible health-care:…

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Right There, in Black and White, The Writing, er Painting, is on the Wall . . .

Right There, in Black and White, The Writing, er Painting, is on the Wall . . .

 More images from the Vancouver Mural Festival today, these ones taken last week while the artists were still working to complete their walls for the thousands of visitors that would view them on Saturday and…

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