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Baby Clothes: Making vs. Buying

October 16, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I am taking a break from finishing the second in a pair of booties for my unborn baby. The first one was a little large and lopsided. The second one is a little smaller than…

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Managing Image Vs. Creating Self

October 14, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I am going through what seems like a never-ending-debate within myself: Do I purchase a new camera? Most of the time the answer is a simple, “No.” I have a camera in my phone that…

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What’s in a name?

October 8, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I oscillate within a spectrum of emotion regarding the task of naming our baby. I have always had difficulties naming things. I struggle to name characters in short stories, for whom I am responsible for…

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Nothing Fits

October 5, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I didn’t think that I would be upset when none of my clothes fit due to the bump. I am mostly a homebody and so staying in one or two pajama-style outfits suits my lifestyle…

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Cat Toys

September 29, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

The other day Nikola and I got swayed by the precooked food in the supermarket. We went in to purchase green onions and udon noodles and somehow decided that we could justify greasy tater-tots and…

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Fall

September 24, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

I am starting to think that I might enjoy fall if it wasn’t twinged with the foreboding of winter. Also, if it didn’t feel like it had the right to rush in so suddenly and…

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The Way Things Are…

September 11, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Today I went to the “borsa” in Varna. It is one of those words which translates into English, but without the feel of the actual thing that it describes. It is a market, but as…

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Nutrition guilt

September 6, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

The other day a friend of mine posted this article about Gluten Free food choices. To be perfectly honest my first reaction, without reading the article, was annoyance. Yes, I believe that the Gluten Free “obsession,” that…

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Bliss

September 6, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

Today was one of those days where everything feels slightly magical. It is almost as if just by touching an object, and listening hard enough, you can hear it whisper its story. Any object. The…

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30 things in my 30th year:

August 18, 2013July 2, 2015 by koji

 I got married I got pregnant   I studied sociology for 9 months in Istanbul, Turkey  I finished my two-year commitment to the Peace Corps I attempted a marathon in Cheverny, France I travelled to Paris,…

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