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Yay! Ordered a bunch of plants for my garden. This is the season I really hope to get things going!
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Nakey-Bum Babe
We've been practicing Elimination Communication with Uzi since he was 3-weeks old. It's going amazingly well, and I wanted to keep a record of the method, both for my own reference and for other parents who want to learn more about E.C.
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Where to start?
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Tezuka Manga doing well
Apollo’s Song - New York magazine’s Best Comics of 2007
Apollo’s Song - Focus Knack magazine’s Top 5 Comics of 2007
Apollo’s Song - Salon.com’s Most Notable Comics of 2007
MW - Seattle Weekly’s Best of the Best of 2007
MW - Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Manga of 2007
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Happy 2008!
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Lost in Tezuka
So, yeah, there's lots of baby stuff to report--but in fact, there have been even a few non-baby related developments in my life. Yes, you guessed it, more action-packed adventures in translation. One event that almost snuck past me without notice was the publication of my latest Tezuka manga, MW.
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Journaling
Okay--6 weeks have gone by since my last entry, that's pretty shameful. Admittedly, I've had my hands full (in a very good way). The other factor is that my life is pretty much completely occupied by baby stuff. I chronicle Uzi's babyhood for him in his little baby book, and I'm not sure of the merits of reposting all that stuff here (sure, people ( Read more... ) -
Uzi's Birth Story
On the afternoon of Friday, November 2nd, we walked to the post office to buy stamps. I was after a specific set of stamps, the one with bees and bats drinking nectar out of flowers, for the birth announcements. I had been having “warm up” contractions for weeks that grew stronger each day, but the ones I experienced on our walk that afternoon had ( Read more... ) -
Baby Uzi has arrived!!
Uzi Tun Li Thompson was born at our home in Portland Oregon at 5:03 am
on Sunday, November 4!
He was 8 pounds, 6 oz and 21 inches long.
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