"Why don't you have a nazar bead on your son?" I never put evil eye beads on Kaya, just as I failed to put them on Baki. Moreover, Ali is adamant in his belief that pinning tiny beads (choking hazard) on to a baby using a cheap little safety pin (poking hazard) is nothing short …
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Old habits
Kaya found his thumb, and it's been a very happy union. I've never seen someone suck a thumb with such abandon, although if my mother is to be believed, I might have given him a run for the money in my day. My father loved to tell people that when he was reporting in NY …
podcasted into the past
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 …
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 …
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