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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Superhero
I was watering the pots when Baki ran up all super heroed up. Then he ran down the hill, past our garden, to the bottom of the land, where he found some folks from Sundance. He called me down and I chatted with them a little while Baki ran amok with their two children. All …
Black currant fizz…
... is the name of this lovely opium poppy, being scrutinized here by Baki and my mom: The seeds were from Thompson & Morgan; I picked them up in London in December. They always tell you on the seed packets that poppies hate being transplanted, so you ought to direct-sow them. We sowed these in …
Cut flowers
"You guys don't know what to do with cut flowers," my mother said when she saw some cut snapdragons in a glass with no water in it. Ali had cut them so that I could smell them; they were supposed to be scented and it turned out they were. She's right- we love to grow …
Laundry with Kaya
Laundry has always been a subject dear to my heart, although if you didn't candy coat it, you could reasonably call me anal about laundry. That's why it was so satisfying to finally find an efficient way to do laundry here (seepost). And one of the main reasons that I was so keen to untangle …
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