I’m a Flemish, i.e., Dutch-speaking Belgian living in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. I arrived here nine years ago to pursue my graduate studies, met my best friend, and decided to stay. I married aforementioned best friend, and completed 3/4 of my studies (a whole Ph.D. in Philosophy and half of a whole other Ph.D., also in Philosophy… long story).
Current projects
- I am a freelance writter, e.g., for Suite101.com.
- I finished a novel, in Dutch, some years ago and am half-heartedly pursuing its publication.
- I’m much more enthusiastic about my current “potboiler”-project, which might make us millionaires (and spend a considerable amount of time wondering of that is actually desirable).
- I am planning a Homestead, a home and organic family farm losely based on Permaculture practices and ethics.
- My biggest “project” took shape on 18 August 2005, when I was given the best birthday present ever: our daughter, Amie.
And then there were 3…
The kind of parents we are
We are raising Amie on (as yet store and Farmer’s Market bought) organic fare and three languages (English, Dutch and Bengali). We hardly ever have the telly on, we co-sleep(blissfully mostly), and were nursing until Amie weaned herself at ca. 17 months.
Amie entered part-time daycare (the homey kind) at 16 months. As for later education, I am contemplating homeschooling, though Amie’s dad still needs a whole lot of persuading…
We live in a wonderful suburb of Boston but we dream of establishing a second home near or in a forest/on a mountain somewhere not too far away: a small structure surrounded by a family farm/garden and if possible some chickens and goats.
That tells you what kind of parents we are: the less conventional type, I guess. But though the stories you find here are our stories, I hope they are relevant and entertaining to other Mamas, parents and caregivers to small children, whatever their child-rearing philosophies. Read more about the aim of this site.
Thanks for visiting and let us hear from you once in a while!
Katrien
