Tag: girls
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Day Three Hundred Fifty, January 7, 2012
Flour, wax, sugar, salt, cotton, milk, talc and a few other unidentified items from around the house… these were the ingredients of Lea and her friend Emma’s experiment on the kitchen floor today. Part of the experiment I discovered later in the freezer and the other a couple of days later under Lea’s bed growing…
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Day Three Hundred Ten, November 28, 2011
Shanghai, where fashion is taking hold and making a home at such a great speed, brand name stores are mushrooming everywhere you look and with that huge changes are happening with the local population. As a nation that is accustomed to and that loves following instructions, trends are just another set of rules to follow.…
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Day Two Hundred Thirty Six, September 15, 2011
One of the cons of an expat life is the constant change a family has to go through. Your friends come and they go. Deep friendships are naturally formed with people since all are away from home, from extended families, and they cling to each other in search for a sense of belonging, comfort and…
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Day One Hundred Seventy, July 11, 2011
Do you still remember the little spots you played in as a child? A garden, a little forest, a neighborhood alley perhaps? I still do, I remember the trees we climbed, the little houses we built, the small fires we made, the pretend coffees we cooked, and it all felt so huge, like our own…
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Day One Hundred Twenty Seven, May 29, 2011
Recently there has been a growing and intense fascination with the small worlds of little creatures in our home. Every day, Lea makes sure she has a little cup or container that she takes to school with her just in case a bug of some sort shows itself that day. Then after school she makes…
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Day One Hundred Thirteen, may 15, 2011
Kashgar is buzzing with the life of its bazaars on Sunday, from the livestock bazaar to fabric, spice, and everything else markets. We saw so many little girls and boys working in these markets with their traditional costumes, bright eyes, glowing smiles and the occasional continuously painted eyebrows. photo taken: Two Uyghur girls at the…
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Day Fifty, March 13, 2011
A magical circle of girls To watch a group of little girls play in harmony is to witness magic in the making! I was transfixed watching Lea and her friends play this afternoon from the window of our 16th floor apartment in Shanghai. Little pink shapes running, hair flying, smiles shining, conspiracies being planned, whispers…
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Day Twenty Seven, February 18, 2011
Today I was very overwhelmed with the state of the world, wars, revolutions, poverty, instability, pollution, global warming, solar flares, and a general sense of unsettlement. Then in the afternoon we had Lea’s twin friends over for a play date then sleep over and I watched them play, laugh, sing, dance and be in the…
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Day Twenty Four, February 15, 2011
Today was trampoline class day, which is about an hour of giggles, shrieks and the defying of the law of gravity! And naturally it was heaven for my Canon 🙂