Parenting Watch

hello

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Hello, fog and cold mornings.
Hello, socks and the occasional sweater.
Hello, strangers looking just so darned American, with your culturally identifiable bodies, hair and clothes.
We are slowly getting over our jetlag…

a present and a related work in progress

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Today is my due date, but we are still waiting. And waiting (I think the landscapers are finishing their work as I type, so it looks like they’ve won the race to the finish line). Our friends, who were originally due…

week one

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Thanks, friends, for all the well wishes. I have so looked forward to opening my inbox every day and reading your comments and emails, and it still amazes and surprises me that people that I’ve only met online would…

making art

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I’ve spent a lot of time over the past three years worrying about Otis’s lack of interest in art. It’s such a large part of my life that the thought that it might not be an important part of his has caused me no…

some knitting and sewing, too

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Of course there’s been some making of the wearables for Otis-ina, although not really as much as one might think. I don’t any problems starting any of these projects, only finishing them, unfortunately.

I bought…