• far from failed_haiku

    It has been a couple of months since the one of a kind haikai journal shut its doors. I have noticed it to be the fate of several journals these days, and wonder if it has to do with editor-burnout. One does get exhausted with taking care of life while at the same time running…

  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z …I

    I is for Itsy Bitsy Spider When Baby was born I told myself that I won’t let her watch any animation or TV until she’s over a year. I didn’t want to be one of those parents who have to turn on the TV for the child to be fed.  Then she fell ill. Potent…

  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z …H

    H is for Home A couple of years ago, my life looked complete. Good day job, creatively writing, great partner and not in that order. World looked nice. Yes I did miss having a baby. It would have been the cherry on the icing of the cake. Then our daughter happened to us. Baby noises…

  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z … G

    G is for Gates The stairway to our basement is a long steep flight of steps. Some days I’ve wondered if the angle the stairs made to the ground was ninety degrees. So one of the top things on our baby list was a gate. Several research hours later, (all by hubby dear) the gate…

  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z … F

    F is for First Moments The first moments of any adventure are the most promising, most unforgettable, most beautiful. New beginnings. Especially true of a new life. A few years ago, I was with a friend in the operation theater, holding her hand as we welcomed her baby into the world. One moment we were…