Seattle Observer

Seattle and China

Today I noticed there are aspects of Seattle that remind me of China, and more and more; Not only are there no doubt more Asians integrating with the incumbent Seattleites, but it’s also all the construction going on in certain areas. Add to that all the street musicians and I am warped back to the [...]

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Supermom

Have planted myself at the (one) neighbourhood cafe/coffeeshop/restaurant for a glass of wine and to try to catch on on email. Having a rough week. Nothing that I can’t handle, but I notice that changing scenery really helps. In short, we’ve all be suffering from various viruses the last weeks, and I’m so tired of [...]

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Birthing Class Reunion

I believe I mentioned in before, but in deciding to prepare for the upcoming baby, we went to a birthing class which lasted a weekend out on Kitsap Peninsula near Bremerton. We really clicked with the other couples there; we were 5 couples in total, so we were keen to set-up the reunion for a [...]

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Flirting with Daddy

The Dutch saying “jong geleerd oud gedaan’ (learnt young, done when old) comes to mind when I see little Naomi flirt with her papa. She’s already learning to play out one parents against the other, usually her dad against her mom. Or am I imagining it? And am I overestimating the female manipulative talents at [...]

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