A Calm Storm

The blog of Sholeh Samadani Munion

Month: March 2007

Flu?

I am a little disconnected from myself right now. This is because I am taking cold medicine. I hate medication but in this case it is necessary. I’ve been coughing so hard the last few days that my stomach muscles…

Illuminated

Last night I walked down the long gravel path arm in arm with my flatmate. We looked at the sky with scattered stars over an empty field, and the lights shining behind and in front of us. Saturday evenings at…

Naw Ruz

I decided that for a new year, a new design was needed. I spent hours staring at CSS code, ensuring that I will need a new prescription for my glasses in the next 6 months. Explore the site, there are…

Sound

Last night the storm took over my sleep, and I only wish I could have been awake to enjoy it. Instead I drifted in and out of sleep, imagining it was an earthquake (the thunder was so powerful it shook…

Extension of thought

I am buried and surrounded by the silence and truth.I am struggling to comprehend the idea of worlds without end, of the conciousness of planets, the crystal light of suns. I am watching the beauty of smiles between friends, the…

Timing it

Today, after walking around the Arc gardens I came back to work and the path was blocked by lawn sprinklers. I thought I could time it right…but I didn’t. Luckily I didn’t get completely drenched, but it was pretty funny….

Secret Door

there are secrets in the way eyelashes touch skin in the way we sidestep battlefields burying our smiles in murmurs we are perfect strangers. This weekend, the first two days of the Fast (our weekend is Friday & Saturday, remember!)…was…

Happy Ayyam-i-Ha

Today is the last day of Ayyam-i-Ha, which is a time of joy and gift-giving before the Fast, and is about 4 or 5 days long. The Fast lasts for 19 days…no food or drink between sunrise & sunset. At…

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