In a simple yet tasteful coronation ceremony earlier today, Pumpkin was crowned king. In a touching and wisely brief speech, King Pumpkin Read More
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Together Tea, Lucid Food, Shanameh and Persian Wine. Oh! My!
I’ll start by announcing that this is a post where I bury the lede. Some good and interesting thing(s) happened recently but Read More
You can take a girl out of Iran, but …
You can take a girl out of Iran but … you can’t take Iran out of the girl. After 35 years Read More
So … About that time that I went to Kabul, Afghanistan!
Nearly 3 years ago I accepted a major on-site graphic design assignment for an NGO in … wait for it … Kabul, Read More
Rumi’s Thanksgiving Poem | Happy Thanksgiving Y’all!
This illustration is a digital calligraphy of the Persian word “noosheh jaan”, a word which you may have noticed I use to Read More
Dartstrip | It’s Magnetic!
The photo series above shows my dear father snapping off a one inch piece of Dartstrip to put up a cute Read More
Tehrangeles! | Brownbook – Issue #41
Well. It was nice to take a blogging break and as I like to say, laziness is its own reward. However: I Read More
Not a Swan Song
You know how ballerinas are known to have horribly disfigured feet? Corns, blisters, calluses, deformed toes — feet battered by the practice Read More
Breath of Life, Bread of Life
There is a Kundalini yoga meditation mantra I like a lot, which goes like this: Ong Namu, Guru Dev Namo. I believe Read More
We Showed. Now, I Tell
I’m rather proud of what my mother and I accomplished in a very short time (with a good bit of moral Read More