Uborka

your weird cousins

About Karen

I am first and foremost Pete's girlfriend and Bernard's mother. I am a kept woman, earning pin money and karma by working as an NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and a doula. I am a skeptic who knits.

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March 29, 2013

A toast: death to the death of blogging

Posted in Goo | Tagged cocktails, how awesome is this, resurrection, VIP

Everyone who is anyone drops in for a cocktail reunion. Continue reading →

Anyone for cocktails?

Posted in Goo | Tagged cocktails, resignation, resurrection

Uborka Returns! Continue reading →

October 7, 2005

Sicktails

Posted in Goo

A rare invitation to drinks.
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October 6, 2005

Pete can read my mind

Posted in Goo

At the risk of sounding all krissa, isn’t he wonderful?
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October 4, 2005

The difficult dilemma of the would-be ethical consumer

Posted in GlobalGood

Is it better to buy from retailers who I know have ethical compliance programmes, even though I know their factories are awful?
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October 2, 2005

World of Food

Posted in Gourmet

All the goodies we bring back from around the world.
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October 1, 2005

Youth, Impetuosity, Ignorance

Posted in Gravitas

Book review: Possession, by A.S. Byatt; and mention of The Virgin In The Garden and Babel Tower, by the same author. Also a coincidence.
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September 29, 2005

1000 songs and a one-track mind

Posted in Goo

The iPod is now open for advice.
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