“Pregnant in Putin’s Russia” – my Foreign Policy article on this whole having a baby in Moscow business. I finished this one on the beach, but it doesn’t really have a beach-y feel to it – since it’s about healthcare and attitudes surrounding pregnancy and birth. The latter in particular coulduse some adjustment. Still, myContinue reading “I’ve been writing”
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Life’s a beach
Traveling with a newborn is exactly what it sounds like – but don’t be fooled by that. My husband and I figured that there was a big difference between listening to Lyovka cry from colic in a Moscow apartment, and listening to Lyovka cry from colic with a view of the Black Sea and theContinue reading “Life’s a beach”
Cape Chameleon looks white in the early evening, before the sun begins to go down
Sandy during the day. Dark brown during thunderstorms. Other details are hopefully to follow.
I have been paying attention to the goings-on in U.S. Congress
I’m mostly just in horrified awe, is all.
Important news of the day
I find it hard to read Damn You Autocorrect while breastfeeding. The nipple keeps popping out of the kid’s mouth. Although it’s a good barometer to determine whether or not Lyovka is actually hungry. Nipple pops out on hungry Lyovka? Screaming, tragedy, scandal, etc. Nipple pops out on Lyovka who’s not hungry in the slightest,Continue reading “Important news of the day”
Natalia A. 