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29Apr

Roots.

A collection of photographs. Grainy, from the perspective of my…

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On Sustaining Grief

29May

On Sustaining Grief

I slow myself at the bathroom sink, turning water over…

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Matters of Eternity

24Mar

Matters of Eternity

My friend says when we are dealing in matters of…

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Mondays are for lists.

21Mar

Mondays are for lists.

5am Bike. Shower. 6am Prep lunches. Drink tea. 7am Kid…

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Sunday Meditations (About Saturday)

20Mar

Sunday Meditations (About Saturday)

I woke up feeling like journal writing in that way…

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19Mar

Warmer Weather

Wind’s blowing. Coats off. Masks too. Massive smiles. Spinning, running.…

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17Mar

Text Journey

Been ruminating on language and literacy development and how multimodal,…

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I Don’t Follow Recipes.

16Mar

I Don’t Follow Recipes.

Ehsan’s friend Gianna hopped in our car after school yesterday,…

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15Mar

Elders.

I’ve always been called an old soul. When I was…

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Very Inspired Nails

15Mar

Very Inspired Nails

Today was one of the first sunny and warm-ish days…

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Choosing To See Rainbows

13Mar

Choosing To See Rainbows

Outside acupuncture is this pretty rainbow building. I’m not sure…

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Acasia’s Kitchen.

12Mar

Acasia’s Kitchen.

We talk about everything in Acasia’s kitchen. About barbecue wings…

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12Mar

Hi, Daddy.

Hi, Daddio. Hi Nawaly. I’m sorry I haven’t called yet,…

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Composite; These Women

11Mar

Composite; These Women

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A Little QCas Kid Author Study

10Mar

A Little QCas Kid Author Study

This afternoon, once backpacks were piled in the hallway baskets…

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08Mar

Outside

Get outside. It’s the way I keep it together, most…

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Portrait of a Super Reader

07Mar

Portrait of a Super Reader

All four of my kids love to read, even the…

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06Mar

Twitter People

My husband dismisses anyone I meet on the internet as…

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This Piece Is For Yesterday

05Mar

This Piece Is For Yesterday

Dear Yesterday, Thank you for getting me home safely. It…

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03Mar

Emotions Wheel

Today I’m posting two images. I want you to choose…

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On Questions v. Opinions

02Mar

On Questions v. Opinions

I tweeted this week that I knew I would be…

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On Reclaiming/ Claiming

01Mar

On Reclaiming/ Claiming

Who am I? It’s a huge question, an existential one,…

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06May

#31DaysIBPOC

The Persian kilim rug where I sit cross-legged with my…

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31 Days of Writing, wrap up

31Mar

31 Days of Writing, wrap up

Slice of Life is a 31 day project in the…

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30Mar

On Nostalgia

I’m curled on the couch with body aches and burning…

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29Mar

Tag, you’re it

People keep saying the silver lining of the pandemic are…

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Readerly experience

28Mar

Readerly experience

For the past few weeks, I’ve been lugging The Arsonists’…

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Contemplating liminality

27Mar

Contemplating liminality

Yesterday when I called my mom to ask how my…

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Merci, Omu – Farsi Friday

26Mar

Merci, Omu – Farsi Friday

Listen to audio in Farsi first. Loose translation below. Every…

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Life was less complicated then

25Mar

Life was less complicated then

When he was six weeks old, he smiled up at…

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24Mar

omw

Between meetings and sunshine and turbulent skies, today’s mood was…

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What’s your name?

24Mar

What’s your name?

Have you ever thought about your relationship with your mail…

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Things that make us happy

22Mar

Things that make us happy

Instead of panicking about my to-do list, we’re re-centering on…

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Let’s get out of here

22Mar

Let’s get out of here

“Let’s leave the city,” I said to my husband over…

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Recipe for not giving up

20Mar

Recipe for not giving up

Hard boil the eggs. Paint pretty patterns. Play Mehrnoosh. Count…

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19Mar

Baby bookends

I look to my camera for inspiration. My friend and…

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A conversation, overheard

18Mar

A conversation, overheard

“Did you brush your teeth?” A groggy murmur response from…

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17Mar

Dear Baba

“Babe? What’re you doing?” Jon called up from the second…

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Lego Imagination

16Mar

Lego Imagination

When I was nine months pregnant with our fourth child…

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15Mar

Gooz Fish

I’ve got two of four children in the car on…

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14Mar

Mail things

There was no return address, but I recognized the handwriting…

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Nature, roadblocks

13Mar

Nature, roadblocks

Today I observed my children from a distance in the…

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Words of Endearment, Farsi Friday

12Mar

Words of Endearment, Farsi Friday

Last night I called my uncle to brainstorm words of…

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11Mar

Food like love

In my family, love looks like an intricately crafted meal.…

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Mama ‘woke’ call

10Mar

Mama ‘woke’ call

Eliana’s first word was bunny. Ehsan didn’t talk at all…

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09Mar

Out of nowhere

I didn’t answer with a typical “hello” but instead pressed…

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Neighborly Love

08Mar

Neighborly Love

I sent my neighbor a text. So bizarre, just received…

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necessary evening, blundstones side by side

07Mar

necessary evening, blundstones side by side

consider how love is a great idea we keep having…

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06Mar

Look Up

My brain whirls with worries. There are times when I feel…

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In the beginning

05Mar

In the beginning

In the beginning, there were black high top Converse and…

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04Mar

Pieces of Iran

My heart became whole in Iran. When I was 11,…

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We Build Stories

03Mar

We Build Stories

She traces the lines on my hand with her fingers…

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03Mar

What remains

I am meditative by nature, but in this climate, forget…

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Your Name Means Integrity

01Mar

Your Name Means Integrity

My son did me proud.

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