Sunday, November 18, 2007

Family Affair

Happy Birthday Alisa and Diana. You are one years old today. You can almost walk but you cannot speak yet, in Thai or English. In January I will come to visit and we will swim in the Mekong and play with the dogs on the farm. I will sing you to sleep at night, like I did in the hotel in New York last year. Sleep well, love Kate

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Greetings From Boulder

As some of you know, I spent July, 2007 in Boulder. The following is my account from that month.

MY LIFE IN BOULDER:

ROOMMATES:
My cousin, her husband, their baby, their friend Jeff, and cats Nukie and Torah.

HOUSE:
Lots of dreamcatchers, feathers, tapestries, antlers, acoustic guitars, plants, hammocks. They said they don't smoke pot, but I'm still afraid to eat the brownies on the counter for fear they'll come home from work to find me naked in the backyard communing with the tomato plants.

POPULATION:
Everyone is really tan and buff and healthy, even the homeless people.

EMPLOYMENT:
I'm helping with the baby and general housework. The baby is sweet and happy and hardly ever cries. Also likes the grateful dead, rubbing food into her hair. I'll also be working for the mayor and his wife, babysitting and household help. I was impressed that my cousins were friends with the mayor, but they told me he's the first mayor they've had in years with a working zipper on his shorts, I guess politics are different here.

WEATHER:
HOT and sunny, daily afternoon thunderstorms, occasional hail

ACTION:
My cousin is breastfeeding, so I've seen her breasts (well, one of them) numerous times, her husband likes to walk around in his underwear, Jeff, shirtless, and I'm still waiting for an occasion to unpack my bras.

CUISINE:
Eh

ANIMALS I'VE SEEN:
horses, cows, 2 chipmunks, 2 llamas, 1 elk, 1 raccoon, 1 giant deer w/ antlers that walked down the street past the house yesterday, 1 buffalo named Ralphie

WHAT'S THAT SMELL?
Probably compost

FASHION:
I wish I packed more flip flops and fewer bras

MUSIC:
4 out of 5 songs on the ipod are the Grateful Dead, but it's the best thing on there, for sure.

NOTABLE FEATURES:
Mountains, Boulder Creek, more Tibetan artifact shops per capita than anywhere else in country, Jon Benet Ramsey house, hippies!

TO DO LIST:
Look up what 'per capita' means, learn how to ride bicycle and work dishwasher, try crystal meth, try rock climbing