This week, poet, performance artist and educator Christa Forster, who I met in Houston more than two decades ago and have remained friends with ever since, visited her hometown...
Read more28 Dec, 2016
15 Dec, 2016
an alternate planet…
15 Dec, 2016
I’ve spent most of my life protesting. As a teenager, I marched on Karachi streets in support of women’s rights, after which I went on to college to join...
Read more07 Dec, 2016
an award for minal…
07 Dec, 2016
At ten thirty this morning, I receive an email from Minal’s English teacher with a subject line: We WON THE GRAND PRIZE!!!!!!!!!!! Over the course of the day, details...
Read more29 Nov, 2016
graffiti in the canyon…
29 Nov, 2016
Pink graffiti on a rock along my path as I hike in Eaton Canyon. 28 Nov 2016 · 06:33:02 PM
Read more21 Nov, 2016
reminders and a respite…
21 Nov, 2016
After spending five days in Houston, Minal flies with me to Washington DC where I’m invited to attend a National Endowment for the Arts convening. With a free day...
Read more16 Nov, 2016
revisiting “home”…
16 Nov, 2016
Minal and I spend five days in Houston, where she couch-surfs at her friends’ homes, while I find refuge at my friend Jacsun’s house as I prepare for VBB’s...
Read more10 Nov, 2016
hangover after drinking a lot of water and watching television…
10 Nov, 2016
I wake up with a hangover this morning even though last night, I drank only water. But I watched television for a long stretch. In the morning, I drink...
Read more05 Nov, 2016
familiar sights in new surroundings…
05 Nov, 2016
Today, on my hike to Eaton Waterfall, right as I duck into the shaded trail, I notice a silver-haired man ahead of me, who keeps turning around to look...
Read more26 Oct, 2016
memory: a hatchback transformed…
26 Oct, 2016
I step out to our street today and freeze at the sidewalk. In front of me rests a red Honda Civic Hatchback, identical to the first new car I...
Read more13 Oct, 2016
more explorations and a bear on the loose…
13 Oct, 2016
A couple of months ago, when we first landed in Pasadena, California, I began my days with neighborhood walks, but lately, now that the weather has cooled off, I’ve...
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