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 more10 Nov, 2016
28 Sep, 2016
minal closes out her twelfth year…
28 Sep, 2016
Last Wednesday, Minal turned twelve. I surprised her at her all-girls after-school choir practice with a chocolate cake and candles. Her choir group sang happy birthday, and her teacher...
Read more15 Aug, 2016
the first day of school…
15 Aug, 2016
By sheer coincidence, we find a public school in Pasadena that offers similar programs to those in Minal’s Houston school – her new school is International Baccalaureate and also...
Read more03 Aug, 2016
two random conversations…
03 Aug, 2016
The flight that Minal and I take from LAX to Houston Hobby is delayed and lands at two in the morning. After collecting our baggage, we walk out into...
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 more31 Aug, 2015
Minal-ism…
31 Aug, 2015
As we drive to school, Minal, who will be 11 in just a few weeks, says to me: “Children are more honest and peaceful than grown-ups.” “What do you...
Read more11 Jun, 2015
billboards…
11 Jun, 2015
photo by Minal The month of ramzaan (the way the month of fasting is referred to in South Asia) started today. In response, this billboard asking “Gave more this Ramadan?”...
Read more08 Feb, 2015
freedom on the streets…
08 Feb, 2015
photo by Minal Saldivar As we drive up the freeway ramp, I notice that the freeway shack that Minal and I documented a few months ago has been “torn...
Read more10 Nov, 2014
documenting the home by the freeway ramp…
10 Nov, 2014
photo by Minal I hand Minal my phone-camera before we enter the freeway ramp, so she can document the temporary “home” she sighted a few weeks ago: a tent...
Read more28 Oct, 2014
how to make “home” beneath a freeway…
28 Oct, 2014
I grip my the steering wheel and focus on the ramp that will spill us into the fast lane of Interstate-45. Minal calls out from the back: Did you...
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