Some of my friends know that I find ducks very amusing. I don’t know why, I just do. A few days ago, George sent me a link to this video. “Maybe if more people had a duck in their life…maybe…
Month: January 2009
He wrote her a love letter exactly three and one half pages long handwriting slanted sideways, the pen rarely picked up in the furious rush. She decided that a certain percentage of these expressions of undying love are inherently selfish….
The lovely and talented Amy Sahba asked me to be a guest photographer this coming week for one of her blogs that she works on with Leila. The blog, every morn and eve, has photos taken by the photographers in…
One day in February, a few friends decided to take a walk after lunch.  Two young men and three young women took the stairs down the mountain, with no particular goal in mind. February in Haifa is warm during the…
The illustrious Sarah Lonning has a presence on the web. Be impressed. Navid shares music, often with commentary. Brilliant. I’ve been enjoying it very much. That odd fellow known as David Precht launched his site a while ago, and it…
Ingredients: onion, chopped a few slices of ginger, diced a few cloves garlic, diced salt pepper sesame oil soy sauce chicken breast, cut into small pieces peas chopped mustard greens 1. Fry onion, garlic, ginger, salt, and pepper in sesame…
After my last post yesterday regarding the situation of the members of the Baha’i Faith in Iran, six more Baha’is were arrested yesterday. One of them is a former employee of Nobel prize winner Shirin Ebadi, who is a defender…
It has been 9 months since leaders of the Baha’i Faith in Iran were arrested on 14 May 2008. They are still in prison, along with other Baha’is who have been arrested merely because of their beliefs. From a Baha’i…
It is quieter when the world around is blanketed with snow. The house is silent, my family asleep, and I am considering the pros and cons of going to bed in the next half hour. This morning, as I stepped…
My mother got this cool stretchy netting from the deli counter at our grocery store, and told me that this is how they keep the stuffing inside the chickens and such things. I have no idea where to buy such…
she said “it is so easy for you” and I just shook my head but didn’t argue. I’m the storyteller through poems but can’t say the words out loud I’m the dream-maker through glances but can’t make a sound. I…
I can’t watch this happen again, when our feet have only just touched the clouds. Each book I write is a novel about the might never be, and one day in the future I wrote a book about every moment…