Before I was pregnant with Baki, I was able to read in moving vehicles without any trouble at all. It was one of my gifts, like being able to fall asleep anywhere, that I was always grateful for. Well, that changed, and it was inconvenient because I spent a total of 3 hours a day …
Month: July 2011
Impermanent address
I've been listening almost obsessively to the King Creosote and Jon Hopkins album, Diamond Mine. It is so gorgeous that after playing it for the first time from start to finish, I was so bereft at having to stop hearing it that I just went right back to the beginning. It's very much about King …
Peekaboo!
I saw it from afar, as I was watering the bitter melon- a bit of red peeking out from between the leaves of one of the Momotaro tomato plants. We've been eating tomatoes for a couple of weeks already, but I've been waiting for the Momotaros. It's a Japanese hybrid that is apparently a popular …
Besotted
More than one person has asked me if it was love at first sight when Kaya was born. I'd have to say that it wasn't. I think my first reaction was relief, to be honest, followed by various forms of disbelief: although I've done this once before, it is the hardest thing in the world …
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