I first figured out that I was pregnant as a married graduate student at UPenn. I of course called the insurance folks so that I could be a responsible expectant mother and take my vitamins and follow the fetus’ development. But guess what: UPenn’s student health didn’t cover maternity care! Because what women between theContinue reading “Terry’s Birth”
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Spitting pomegranate pits into the Seine.
I am going to a full moon picnic on the Pont des Arts (in the heart of Paris) tonight. An anglophone community organizes it every month to see the moon rise. Usually, it’s either too cold or too late for ‘yours truly’ to drag herself from home, but today I will go out. These get-togethersContinue reading “Spitting pomegranate pits into the Seine.”
Dhaka Dowry
Something about my own baby girl’s 35th birthday has made me remember an episode that she didn’t understand back when I was 35. It’s another true tale from our time in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1996 when my daughter Sadie was seven years old. Sadie was often as tall as grown-up Bengali women. I have troubleContinue reading “Dhaka Dowry”
The View from a Broad 