I’ve been reading The Scientist in the Crib by Gopnik, Meltzoff, and Kuhl and learning about the ways babies are so very amazing. We all began with such remarkable capabilities. The chapter on Language acquisition is most interesting. Here’s an excerpt: “The way we categorically perceive speech is unique to each language. In English we make a sharp categorical [...] Continue Reading »
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4i’m cozy here* but probably don’t want to stay forever {*and also where is here}
3[ from a. addair who is listening to Adele (21) ] Maybe this was the way I was headed anyway, but this pregnancy has knocked me clean off of any platform I might have previously thought of as sturdy. So as not to get dizzy and vomit I’ve dug a little hole in the earth [...] Continue Reading »