The prostrate milkmaid

[wwidsith]

Being a parent is a bit like being on drugs. Instead of salvia or speedballs it happens to be sleep deprivation and adrenaline, but the net result is the same, so although it's a constant stream of highs and lows I'm never quite sure, when I come to explain it to other people, whether it's not just a function of me being stoned out of my mind on

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[weofodthignen]

Ooooh, congratulations! (And you're right - she has the distinction of not looking like Winston Churchill.)

M

[wwidsith]

That was what I was expecting!

[hobnobofjoy]

Aaargh, I'm sure I commented on Facebook but congratulations again! She's stupidly beautiful. And I LOVE "Clemington Spa" (and Clementine, too, of course).

My housemate (recently moved out) is about a week from her sue date, which is exciting and terrifying. I think I'm going to be begging babysitting duty to escape work!

We were looking at babyname websites - she quite likes the idea of a Germanic name, something along the BEAR or WOLF or THOR lines, for a boy - one of the sites listed, under Alrthurian Legend, Grifflet. Her partner's surname is Rigler: how amazing is Grifflet Rigler as a name? That's what I'm calling it, regardless of sex or actual name.

[wwidsith]

You have to make it happen. Grifflet is somehow both cute and also intimidating-- it's amazing.

[norabird]

What happy happy news. Congratulations! I just read Siri Hustvedt's new essay collection and she talks a lot about the fascination of parenting. A long interesting journey to be starting out on. The baby is beautiful and has a lovely name.

[wwidsith]

Thanks! It is fascinating, and very inspiring actually.

[herself_nyc]

I have read about a third of it, and then, despite it being right up my street too, I put it down and about 10 years elapsed. I will read it! You have inspired me! Though I have SO MANY books going right now.
I just spent Sunday reading all of Alan Furst's latest novel Mission to Paris and getting swozzled on gin'n't's. I finished the book - a return to form after his last lackluster one - and am now going back to Colm Toibin's essays and a whole pile of other library stuff.

Clementine is bootiyuful. xxx to her and H.

[wwidsith]

I am finding it enjoyable but slow, however I want to press on because I hear the ending is very good and I am a bit obsessed with how people end novels.

Truth is I'm not very into fiction recently. I just keep drifting over to history and essays/bios.

[herself_nyc]

I'm up for history and essays/bio recs. Right now I'm avoiding a biography of Danton that I'm about a third of the way through. It's boring now but I know the guillotine is coming in another few chapters ....

I'm also still reading Black Lamb & Grey Falcon....

[ruakh]

She is so lovely! And "Clementine" is a great name. :-)