The Burning Girl!

...this is who I want to be: the Burning Girl, not burdened by the fetish of all those things I have created, and had to leave behind. I am a nomad, I have no history to turn back to...

Tilsim was my cat, her name means 'magic'. I still miss her. She was all black with penetrating green eyes, a real Istanbul lady. I promised I will give her name to my coffee shop. So this is it.

I read: Sirens of Titan, Remembering Jack, A Man Without a Country, Player Piano
I am reading: Hemingway: Complete Short Stories, Slaughterhouse Five, The Second Sex
The last three movies I watched: Man From Earth, Fur, Ocean 13
What I have done this year that I haven't done before: Be a mom
A day absolutely ordinaire: Latte at a coffee shop and daily news from the Washington Post (hm this hasn't changed :))
Wbat is in: Buying designer outfits at a discount

Who: Leman
What I do from dusk till dawn: Be a mom
My pet ghost: Selmin
My source of inspiration:Lalita
I live: in a cozy town home with an Italian garden with my beautiful baby girl Lara and our pet Kotmish
I learned: "The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time." -George Bernard Shaw

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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Our Lalita's first time in her pink stroller. We are planning to introduce her to the cultural vanguard and museums in Washington - can't wait for her to grow a little bit more, but not too much :)

5 Comments:

At 6:04 PM, Emrah said...: She is utterly beautiful! What was her birthday? And yours is soon - as a mother for the first time. :-)
At 12:21 PM, lemancanturk said...: Her birthday (as I am sure you will remember much better than I will) is November 7. :) She is a scorpio!
At 1:44 AM, Emrah said...: How can I forget? It is just the day before Sevi's!
At 8:17 AM, lemancanturk said...: wow - cant believe this! My niece, Aylin, who is a piano student at Mimar Sinan is born on November 5, my aunt is born November 9, and Sevi November 8. My little bug has lots of role models to look up to. :)
At 5:46 AM, Emrah said...: Happy birthday Leman! For this year, the beauty in her pink stroller is a marvellous gift herself, I guess. Wish the best of luck for another brand-new year ahead.