I have to start by giving you a description of my kitchen – unlike a regular kitchen, it’s not just another room in my house. It’s actually part of a separate building. “How does…
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I had to say good-bye to my faithful companion, George a few weeks ago. It was as hard to say good-bye to him as it was my cat Toby, 7 years earlier. For those…
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I cleaned my closet, then I wrote this melodramatic sonnet in the style of Shakespeare. Place hand to brow & read it bombastically if you have ever been pregnant: Ode to my former waistline…
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I lost my day help over a month and a half ago. She would come around 9AM and leave around 1PM, do all my housework, some cooking and an occasional groceries run. She was…
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pregnancy & parenting relationships & love travelMusic, Forks and Life (or: How I Kissed Another Guy)
I don’t think the husband or I would admit to being overly romantic. We just (as in, last week) established a regular date night after 8 years of parenting. (I consider the years of…
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“Schools out for summer” “…No more pencils, no more books, No more teachers, dirty looks” Alice Cooper couldn’t have said it better with those lyrics and I definitely gave my fair share of dirty…
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It’s getting humid in Tokyo and soon it will also be brutally hot. The romantic ideal of summer is sitting on tatami mats dressed in colorful cotton yukata nibbling salted watermelon while delicately waving…
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A bloom of spring and pregnancy.…
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culture & community pregnancy & parenting sisterhoodA World Without Water (Or: Living in the Present)
By now, it’s a familiar story – the housewife who has lost her way. I just never knew it would happen to me. I’ve been opening myself up to joy – whether it’s finding…
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After almost two years of not boarding a plane, I finally set off to Singapore with my family; my parents, sister, grandma, husband and of course my 15 months old, Chloe. Five days, four…