A Calm Storm

The blog of Sholeh Samadani Munion

Month: August 2008

Grandparents

My Persian grandparents are visiting right now.  They left Iran after the 1979 Revolution, and have lived in the United States since then.  My grandfather (Baba) is in his 90s, and my grandmother (Maman) is in her 70s.  They are…

Much Ado

This weekend there shall be a convergence upon Kansas City, KS such as it has never seen.  We are flying, driving, busing, and perhaps even walking to THE wedding of the summer. Too much?  🙂 Nah. To say that we’re…

Looking for a job

So if you know of anyone that is hiring, do let me know.  :-)  I’ve got a nice little resume and work experience.  Project/Event management type jobs, preferably, but I really don’t know where I’m going to end up.  Quite…

Turning point

There are things to do. Decisions to be made. I’ve been home for nearly 2 months, and it has been a much needed break from the last few years of work (and before that, school). So…I’m working on that. Being…

and there is just silence

I am feeling the sweet things, the moments where soft voices merge and we’re whispering in the dark, with lilies and the sound of old trees sighing against the wind. In the in-between time, the familiar pieces of myself jangling…

Future

I wish I could see your eyes sweet whisper there were colors that danced and faded into the words Make sure the ghosts don’t follow me if the past was gone away make the dreams pass silently only in your…

Overheard in Chicago

“Hey man, you gotta wipe the prints.  They find the prints, you’re going to get caught.  You gotta wipe the prints!” -young man on the phone, crossing the street at State and Randolph, downtown Chicago. hahahaha, yeah, that was weird. …

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