12/02/2025

7/7

Children and screens are a never-ending topic.

I totally agree with the scientists who say that toddlers under the age of three shouldn't have any real screen time. We have not shown L. a single cartoon. The truth is, I would like to get rid of the tv altogether but I am yet to convince S. of the brilliance of my plan. 

On the other hand, a phone is a normal part of my everyday life and I don't want to run around, hiding it from L. all the time. The more I'd want to hide something from him, the more interested he'd be. Rather I want him to know what it is and what it's for, and so I let him hold and play with my phone occasionally. 

He hasn't managed to post anything on FB nor transfer any money but he does manage to open the camera every now and then. The results are, as you would expect, hilarious. Sometimes I have to delete ten identical pictures of his sock. Or the living room carpet. But the videos are the best. They are slightly psychedelic, and the angle - close to the floor - has something captivating in it. 

I think the best video he has taken is this one. And with this amazing piece of cinematographic art, I am done with my week of blogging. :)






 

12/01/2025

6/7

After five days of blogging the inevitable has happened and I have completely run out of ideas and topics. I was already heading to bed, having given up, but something in me urged me to get up again and stick to my promise.

Lucas has been in bed for a while, so I have had a nice cup of tea while reading Toni Morrison's Home. The food scraps from under L's kitchen chair have been wiped away but I have no energy to wash up all the dishes tonight. S. is out jogging, preparing for his first marathon next summer. My little brother sent me a video clip from the jazz concert he went to tonight, and we have had a discussion about what kind of jazz we like or dislike. The weather is wet and unpleasant, and it is depressingly dark in this part of the world. Despite it, I still managed to go out for a brisk walk when S. came home from work. 8000 steps today, claims my app; not bad at all. All is quiet and ordinary, and I am surrounded with best people in the whole world.   

That's it. That's the post.