Our friend Oskar visits from Houston for just five days, and in the short amount of time that he is with us, we manage to visit a range of...
Read more05 Oct, 2016
20 Sep, 2016
i can’t find goat meat…
20 Sep, 2016
When making the rapid shift to Pasadena, I began a list of the replacements we’d have to uncover. And now that we’re here, the list has grown: Pediatrician General...
Read more08 Aug, 2016
dismantling helmut’s designer coffee table…
08 Aug, 2016
Packing and dismantling objects that we have collected for decades is more exhausting than I envisioned. In the past, I have either packed a suitcase and flown, or thrown...
Read more30 Jun, 2016
bumping into art and friends at airports…
30 Jun, 2016
At Houston’s Hobby Airport, as René, Minal and I walk toward our gate, I catch sight of glass art that has been installed along the tunnel between the gates...
Read more28 May, 2016
after another storm…
28 May, 2016
Another storm strikes the city, and many nearby parts of the state receive as many as 16 inches of rain over a two hour period. But in Houston, shortly...
Read more22 Apr, 2016
can flooding be defined and prevented?
22 Apr, 2016
Above: a swollen Buffalo Bayou two days after another “100 Year Flood” Four days after another “100 Year Flood” hit Houston, city residents are questioning the definition of 100...
Read more11 Mar, 2016
ammunition stores and minal’s project…
11 Mar, 2016
An ammunition store in Houston’s Oak Forest neighborhood Since I’ve been back in Houston, Minal and three of her classmates have been working on an International Baccalaureate (IB) project...
Read more30 Dec, 2015
exploring los angeles…
30 Dec, 2015
Watts Towers; photo by Minal René, Minal and I make a trek to Watts, one of LA’s oldest neighborhoods, where we manage to catch sunset at Watts Towers (Simon...
Read more05 Dec, 2015
another conversation…
05 Dec, 2015
As the bank teller processes my check, she asks: “You have a show tomorrow, don’t you?” I look up from my phone, noticing her face for the first time....
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