Posted in About me, Children, Expat, Memes, Motherhood, Parenting, tagged Children, Expat, Memes, Motherhood on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My friend Charlotte, who was my first blogging friend, has tagged me for a meme for mothers who live in far away lands. I can answer the call perfectly, because I am a mother, and I am definitely in a far away land.
Five Things I Enjoy About Motherhood
On a hard day it’s difficult to think of [...]
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I haven’t done a meme in quite a while, and I find myself in need of some lighthearted amusement today so I have turned to my friend Helen, who did this book meme some time ago.
My reading has been kind of stale these past few months. I am stuck on The People’s History of the United States, [...]
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Posted in About me, Culture, Life, Memes, Pakistan, Rants, tagged Life, Memes, Pakistan, Rants on January 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I am pilfering Charlotte´s post about the things she approves of, but since thirty days of daily 4-hour blackouts, -2°C weather in a country where insulation and central heating do not exist, and daily rationing of cooking fuel have left me just a tiny bit grumpy, I am writing about the things that I detest.
Corruption, ranging [...]
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I’ve been tagged by Kerryn, who has saved my life tonight. I’m plain out of ideas today, but it’s almost over and come the first of December, I am sure my mind will be full of all the posts that I could have written during NaBloPoMo.
I don’t consider myself weird, but I know that there are many [...]
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Charlotte has tagged me for this meme, giving me another day’s post. She is a lifesaver today.
L is for Love. I am the well-loved child, the beloved wife and mother, daughter and sister. Nothing else matters, but the meaning of those four letters. I would give up everything for it.
I is for Imagination. When I [...]
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My inspiration has run dry today and all I can manage is a meme.
What Were You Doing 10 years ago?
We had just moved to a new apartment in a new city, and I was trying to make it a home. I had a balcony where I planted sunflowers, tomatoes and summer squash. When we bought our [...]
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