Posts Tagged: family
LET’S ALL SCREAM WITH GUILT
“I miss the Princess so much, I hug the pillows tightly imagining that it’s her…” yelled my mother into the computer, during our first conversation of the Iranian new year. Gentle Reader, I ask you, how am I suppose to
LET’S ALL SCREAM WITH GUILT
“I miss the Princess so much, I hug the pillows tightly imagining that it’s her…” yelled my mother into the computer, during our first conversation of the Iranian new year. Gentle Reader, I ask you, how am I suppose to
PRET-A-MANGER
I have remarked before, Gentle Reader, how elements of elegant frenchy-sounding cuisine reminds me of more humble dishes from my own birth country- I refer you to my erudite monogram on the simple pleasures of kukus and croquettes, for example.
PRET-A-MANGER
I have remarked before, Gentle Reader, how elements of elegant frenchy-sounding cuisine reminds me of more humble dishes from my own birth country- I refer you to my erudite monogram on the simple pleasures of kukus and croquettes, for example.
THAT WHICH MUST NOT BE NAMED
About twenty years ago, my father drove my toddler sister to daycare, as he did every day (or most days- I’m not sure what the routine was back then). The difference between that day and other days was that I
THAT WHICH MUST NOT BE NAMED
About twenty years ago, my father drove my toddler sister to daycare, as he did every day (or most days- I’m not sure what the routine was back then). The difference between that day and other days was that I
MY FIRST CHRISTMAS
My only phobia in London is returning to Tehran. I have nightmares, that I am in some religious ceremony, and a relative whom I do not hate as much as the others -my youngest aunt, perhaps- asks me, “Rodin, weren’t
MY FIRST CHRISTMAS
My only phobia in London is returning to Tehran. I have nightmares, that I am in some religious ceremony, and a relative whom I do not hate as much as the others -my youngest aunt, perhaps- asks me, “Rodin, weren’t
LEGO
We had an amazing lego collection, when we were kids, growing up in a middle-class suburb close to Mehrabad. Our father wanted us all to be engineers, and to that end, whenever he travelled overseas, he would bring us back
LEGO
We had an amazing lego collection, when we were kids, growing up in a middle-class suburb close to Mehrabad. Our father wanted us all to be engineers, and to that end, whenever he travelled overseas, he would bring us back
SERENADE TO A HOTEL ROOM
Oh wonderful hotel room I cannot count the ways I love you your firm bed welcoming my eagerly tired body the smooth expanse of naked sheet, all for me the pillows, at once hard and soft, consoling my aching limbs
SERENADE TO A HOTEL ROOM
Oh wonderful hotel room I cannot count the ways I love you your firm bed welcoming my eagerly tired body the smooth expanse of naked sheet, all for me the pillows, at once hard and soft, consoling my aching limbs
WET KISSES OF ELDERLY RELATIVES
The last few days have been a whirlwind of slobbery kisses from elderly relatives. The Golden Boy and the Princess have developed an elaborate hierarchy, rating family kisses based on slobberiness and wetness, and scream with laughter while pretending to
WET KISSES OF ELDERLY RELATIVES
The last few days have been a whirlwind of slobbery kisses from elderly relatives. The Golden Boy and the Princess have developed an elaborate hierarchy, rating family kisses based on slobberiness and wetness, and scream with laughter while pretending to
A MIND SWITCH
I so, so wish our minds were like our eyes, that we could close them. Who hasn’t been there: desperately fatigued and aching for sleep, but unable to drift off as horrid images sparked from our days parade over and
A MIND SWITCH
I so, so wish our minds were like our eyes, that we could close them. Who hasn’t been there: desperately fatigued and aching for sleep, but unable to drift off as horrid images sparked from our days parade over and
JET SKIS
I could do it. If I really wanted to, I could. A jet ski costs as much as a middle-class car. Way less than some fancy graduate degree from Dalhousie. Much, much less. I could, if I wanted to, buy
COME, AS I WERE
I was five months pregnant when my father-in-law died. I didn’t care, and I didn’t shed a tear for him. He had shown courtesy to me during the long years of our marriage, and not much else. My mother says
COME, AS I WERE
I was five months pregnant when my father-in-law died. I didn’t care, and I didn’t shed a tear for him. He had shown courtesy to me during the long years of our marriage, and not much else. My mother says
