Posts Tagged: personal
ANOTHER ODE TO VALENTINE
About, say, fifteen years ago, I started working in the Ports and Shipping Company of Iran, as part of some totally random and arbitrary project sponsored by UNDP, about the Caspian Sea. My job was to sit there and to
ANOTHER ODE TO VALENTINE
About, say, fifteen years ago, I started working in the Ports and Shipping Company of Iran, as part of some totally random and arbitrary project sponsored by UNDP, about the Caspian Sea. My job was to sit there and to
WET SOCKS
I stopped turning on the heating after the recent electricity bill, which was 100 dollars more than the last one. I walk around in five layers, the tip of my nose icy. The children don’t seem to notice and are
WET SOCKS
I stopped turning on the heating after the recent electricity bill, which was 100 dollars more than the last one. I walk around in five layers, the tip of my nose icy. The children don’t seem to notice and are
THE WHEEL OF CONVERSATION
One the most arduous social tasks is turning the wheel of conversation with a single hand. I have often said, both to myself and to others, that it is totally ok to sit silently in a social setting, responding politely
THE WHEEL OF CONVERSATION
One the most arduous social tasks is turning the wheel of conversation with a single hand. I have often said, both to myself and to others, that it is totally ok to sit silently in a social setting, responding politely
AMAZED GRATUTUDE
I have heard several narratives of love and marriage, as no doubt you have, Gentle Reader, in which the amazed gratitude of the wife, at being noticed and loved and married struck me. Struck me hard. I heard one such
AMAZED GRATUTUDE
I have heard several narratives of love and marriage, as no doubt you have, Gentle Reader, in which the amazed gratitude of the wife, at being noticed and loved and married struck me. Struck me hard. I heard one such
INTELLECTUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.” “You are mistaken,” said he gently, “that is not good company;
INTELLECTUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.” “You are mistaken,” said he gently, “that is not good company;
THE ANTI-SHOPPING LEAGUE
That’s it, I thought, sitting on my bedroom floor surrounded by bags and suitcases and backpacks full of clothes. No more shopping. I refuse. This madness must stop. I have enough jeans, skirts, tops, dreses, shoes, sweaters, bras, panties to
THE ANTI-SHOPPING LEAGUE
That’s it, I thought, sitting on my bedroom floor surrounded by bags and suitcases and backpacks full of clothes. No more shopping. I refuse. This madness must stop. I have enough jeans, skirts, tops, dreses, shoes, sweaters, bras, panties to
OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN
I’ve never been a child person. You know, the kind of girl -or indeed, boy, who screams with joy at the sight of other people’s children, and starts to roll around on the floor with them. Or engages them in
OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN
I’ve never been a child person. You know, the kind of girl -or indeed, boy, who screams with joy at the sight of other people’s children, and starts to roll around on the floor with them. Or engages them in
ACTS OF CRAZINESS
We live well-ordered, organized lives, scattered across the globe as we are, and any of us knows where any other of us is at any given moment -or could find out at the press of a button. Take my recent
ACTS OF CRAZINESS
We live well-ordered, organized lives, scattered across the globe as we are, and any of us knows where any other of us is at any given moment -or could find out at the press of a button. Take my recent
SINGLE MOTHERHOOD IS NOT AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
<extract from an e-mail I received yesterday> Dear Newcomer I really appreciate your time for editing my paper,.. (more stuff about paper…) I am so sorry that both Golden Boy and Princess are ill… :-/,I wish I had time to
SINGLE MOTHERHOOD IS NOT AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
<extract from an e-mail I received yesterday> Dear Newcomer I really appreciate your time for editing my paper,.. (more stuff about paper…) I am so sorry that both Golden Boy and Princess are ill… :-/,I wish I had time to
“I’M FREE TO SPEAK MY MIND ANYWHERE”
As a society, we are obsessed with this image- a person who is not bound by the shackles of ordinary daily politesse, an honest person, free from pretence and hypocrisy. This person -let us give it a gender- he, he
“I’M FREE TO SPEAK MY MIND ANYWHERE”
As a society, we are obsessed with this image- a person who is not bound by the shackles of ordinary daily politesse, an honest person, free from pretence and hypocrisy. This person -let us give it a gender- he, he
