October 2025 – mere-et-filles
4 posts published by Mary R during October 2025| mere-et-filles
Yes this is two posts in two days – Happy Friday! It’s been a glorious week weather wise and we might have rain on Sunday … October can be beautiful … and I have a handful of good things to …| mere-et-filles
I wrapped up all my book journaling for September earlier this week. Sonia & Sunny needed a little more time to settle (I finished reading it September 29); I found some new insights when I revisited all the book-darted bits …| mere-et-filles
Ten days in and just today it feels like October. Last night, we slept under layers of bedding without a fan. I’m wearing jeans and socks and a sweater with sleeves (the up top photo is from …| mere-et-filles
The clouds were beautiful this afternoon when Lucy & I walked (image at the top of this post – this is the “up” image I captured to accompany the “down” below) … and now those white wispy bits are nearly …| mere-et-filles
I wrote last week that I was thinking about staying engaged, not enraged. This week I tried to put actions around those thoughts. and today is Friday, so I have five of them to share: First, the Ja…| mere-et-filles
…and it’s Friday again. These third weeks of the month always fly by – the three Georgia Majority for Gun Safety meetings I attend all take place this week, as does one of the book groups at the bookstore, and …| mere-et-filles
August’s reading was good … of course July was a very hard act to follow … and I still added a handful of books to both my favorites and “I think everyone should read this” shelves. Here are a few …| mere-et-filles
Another week. another Friday. We bore witness to more gun violence and marked another September 11. and … Thinking about and grateful for … community and the opportunities it provides for sharing grief, hope, and love. I attended the monthly …| mere-et-filles
That was how memory worked; it was the opposite of recollection, never as strong as we thought it was, always relinquishing the instances that mattered most to us.Tash Aw, The South When I read those words I realized I tend …| mere-et-filles
Hello September! and front & center the first Fall Birthday Boy*. Y’all he’ll be 11 next weekend! (and this little rabbit hole of posts is guaranteed to put a smile your face ……| mere-et-filles
In most months, this would be my last TGIF post until next month’s Hello. This year, though, August is giving us four weeks and five weekends. I have community meetings spread across four wee…| mere-et-filles
It’s Friday, y’all … and time for another peek into what’s happening around here through my favorite lens. This was yesterday morning’s porch time. I could write a who…| mere-et-filles
I really enjoyed everyone’s comments on last week’s post about my travel knitting plans. Apparently we are all over the place about how we plan and pack for knitting on the road. A lot …| mere-et-filles
Hello friends! It’s good to be home … sitting at my kitchen counter … looking back through the photos of the weekend. but of course it’s Tuesday. and this past weekend was n…| mere-et-filles
aka “the one with the food and a cocktail”. and note I am writing this post on Friday afternoon, to be sure it lands in your feed reader at just the right time 😉. As I shared last week,…| mere-et-filles
This year’s trip* was maybe the most fun … the place we stayed was perfect for the four of us, the weather was cool and breezy but dry, the food and drink were amazing (as always) and I…| mere-et-filles
Happy Friday*! We’ve reached the back half of the month and our kiddos have just two more weeks of summer vacation. which seems totally bonkers. and real. I have two meetings on Sunday about …| mere-et-filles
Happy Friday the 13th! I’m not at all superstitious … while I was working on this post the clouds cleared and there’s blue sky out my window for the first time in days. Would I be…| mere-et-filles
Wow y’all. May feels like the longest month ever. It’s the 5th Friday and it will still be May tomorrow. It’s rained every day this week; we are so ready to see the sun! and in th…| mere-et-filles
We started talking about and planning this weekend last July … we chose Thomasville because it’s not too far for a long weekend (about 4 to 4-1/2 hours driving time) and we wanted to vi…| mere-et-filles
Thank you all for your good travel wishes … our trip to Thomasville was amazing! I hesitate to call it a “day trip”; door to door, it was 15 hours for me (and several of those hou…| mere-et-filles
I always think of Memorial Day Weekend as the start of summer so: “summer begins”. Yesterday was the last day of school (it was like a Sunday morning traffic-wise when I drove to the bo…| mere-et-filles
books are listed in the order I finished them – all my 2025 reads are shelved on Goodreads here April was a great month for reading … I was totally wow’d by EIGHT books (and to be …| mere-et-filles
Hello Friday! It’s been a long week … Monday feels like a month ago and even Wednesday feels like days (more than just two). I’m very happy to be sitting at the kitchen counter, t…| mere-et-filles
Hello Friday! Hello lilies! Marc planted one little lily a few years back. Every summer/fall/winter I fret that our landscapers have killed it … and then in the late spring it comes back. big…| mere-et-filles
Sometimes, two of them will take a boat and sail downstream, to reach a new place where they can start a new story. How will that story go? Who will tell it, and whom will they tell it to?Hiromi Ka…| mere-et-filles
The photo above is from today’s morning walk … a smidge later than usual and our first without a flashlight in months. Hello May! with thanks to Diana Butler-Bass for sharing yesterday …| mere-et-filles
Happy Friday … quickly! Marc is home for the weekend (this makes THREE in a row!) and I’m headed to Beaufort (our 15th weekend there!) shortly. My mom, sister, and sister-in-law drove d…| mere-et-filles
As she works, she considers what she might do with her crops. Betty has a recipe for raspberry shortbread she could try, if she saves up her margarine rations. This imaginative pondering feels as i…| mere-et-filles
…and just like that I find myself at the end of another month. this time seated at the desk in my study … a seat that’s been empty for weeks, partly because it’s cold in thi…| mere-et-filles
Hello and happy π day to all who celebrate! We are having pizza tonight to celebrate :-) It’s been a full week, y’all. and I am happy to be sitting here in the quiet Greenwood apartment…| mere-et-filles
Hi, hello, and it’s Friday y’all! In lieu of my usual TGIF post, I’m going to tell y’all about our week. Lucy and I took a little road trip, I made it to sleeve island, and …| mere-et-filles
all my 2024 reads are shelved on Goodreads here As weird as November was in many ways, I was still reading. every day. maybe not as much as usual, but still … and in contrast to the podcasts …| mere-et-filles
I believe joy is not only a choice, but an act of resistance to the darkness. To choose joy, to share joy, and to celebrate the joy of others is to refuse to allow the darkness to define us or our …| mere-et-filles
Well hey there, it’s been a minute. and it’s Friday … which should be the easiest day for me to ease back into a blogging habit. Lydia invited me and Lucy for snacks and knitting …| mere-et-filles
Welcome to this last Friday of December, the one where the Twelve Days of Christmas are just beginning, the new year is still a few days off, the refrigerator is so full of leftovers I won’t …| mere-et-filles
… and just like that, it’s the Friday before Christmas. or as we’re saying in our family this year Chrismukkuh (iykyk). At Thanksgiving (when we were last together), it seemed lik…| mere-et-filles
In these weeks the town has seemed more than ever to her eyes beautiful, the rich bronze tones of November darkening at night into deepest liquid blue.Sally Rooney, Intermezzo Say what you want abo…| mere-et-filles
all my 2024 reads are shelved on Goodreads here October reading was … a while ago?! really only weeks, but “the before times”?! I’m grateful again for these monthly practice…| mere-et-filles
November has finally arrived … sweaters, mittens, hats, rain (no snow), wind … and I am not sorry. neither is Lucy. We both love the cozy fireplace vibe in the library … and I thi…| mere-et-filles
I could not help but notice that my neighbor’s new* tree – a redbud – is offering a heart if I care to pause and notice. which of course I do. I also notice the beautiful shading …| mere-et-filles
all my 2024 reads are shelved on Goodreads here June didn’t have a James, or a Howards End/On Beauty pairing (May was fabulous), but it was another strong month – 18 books and I starred…| mere-et-filles
On Instagram, I am "wife. mother. marmie. knitter." and that sums up most of what I am - but I also enjoy walking & yoga, reading, and long conversations (over coffee or wine, depending on the …| mere-et-filles
Hello friends and happy Friday. It’s been A Week here and many most of my plans went by the wayside. My family are all safe, even celebrating some personal milestones and accomplishments (my …| mere-et-filles
Hello friends and happy last Friday of August. I’ll reflect back on the month as a whole next week (maybe?!) so today’s post is just about this week. I slept. I made plans. I thought a …| mere-et-filles
Hello friends and happy Friday. That photo up top is from Monday … we had some much-needed rain over the weekend, which ushered in “summer” that didn’t feel like Atlanta. Th…| mere-et-filles
all my 2024 reads are shelved on Goodreads here After June’s abundance of stars, July’s reading was a bit more … “real”? These monthly graphics show the covers in the …| mere-et-filles
I snapped the photo above on today’s afternoon walk. We’ve had less than 1/4″ of rain this month. I’m drinking so much water; I can tell Lucy to drink water and give her a &…| mere-et-filles
Hello friends and happy Friday! The earnest enthusiasm I felt for this new month has persisted in all the ways that matter. The boys are off to a great start for their new school year. Sara invited…| mere-et-filles
tinypicksproject shared this photo with Mary Oliver’s words on July 27 (here). I’ve had JOY on my mind a lot these past few weeks. Looking back on July and into this first week of Augus…| mere-et-filles
click an image to see it bigger and check out my 2024 shelf on Goodreads here As promised in last week’s June reading report, today I’m looking at 2024 reading mid-year. It does help th…| mere-et-filles
Hello friends and happy Friday! This week, we had much needed rain and cooler temperatures, which combined with Kamala Harris’ pending nomination to bring a sense of energy I haven’t fe…| mere-et-filles
