Digital Garden

Some of little N’s friends can already ride a bike. Little N wanted to learn too. So last week, every day after kindergarten, we went home, took out her bike, made a loop out of a beach towel for her to slide into—so I could hold her steady—and off we... [Read More]

I like Iñárritu and saw most of his films. Babel, Birdman, The Revenant, and Biutiful, of course (what a movie that is!). The other day I tried Bardo. I tried because I haven’t managed to watch it all and I don’t know if I will. But the opening scene! Man!... [Read More]

Little N has an eye for Mickey Mouse. She doesn’t really know who Mickey Mouse is. She hasn’t seen the cartoons: she doesn’t know they exist. She doesn’t even know what a cartoon is. But she can spot the character everywhere: a comics store ad sticking out from the side... [Read More]

It is Thursday night. We are in the underground. R is sitting across from me. On the other side of the car, there is a girl, teenager, perhaps, ready for a night out. Some makeup (as much as one can see around the FFP2 mask), styled hair, shiny fingernails, big... [Read More]

For a few days, during Christmas last year, we had guests from abroad. R is getting used to hearing people speak English around him and he is trying to learn the language better. He usually gets excited and uses all sorts of words and phrases he heard in movies. Last... [Read More]