My family spent our new year’s day—March 21, also known as Naw Ruz—at the home of some friends in the city who use a wood stove for heating and cooking throughout the colder months. The house was a little chilly, as the family was down to using just kindling during (what we hope will be) […]
While I spent much of February pretty much stuck in bed, I can say that it is not a bad lifestyle, at least as long as it does not go on too long. Being the person that I am, I did not lie there inordinately; I would just grab as many successive hours as I […]
My temporary hibernation period here is coming to a close, seeing as how Punxatawney Phil predicted an early spring, among other factors.
I’ve been busy the last several months, and dealing with the transitions that follow a big job change in the family; namely, my husband’s, from working at a job in our city to a […]
Lately I’ve been contemplating failure, and how it teaches me lessons. Ah, lessons. Failure. Ineptitude. Growth. Not knowing where I stand, or why I am trying to do what I do. Not knowing what I do. When I saw the news about this coming weekend’s Leonid meteor showers, I thought about how such things are […]
Last night, my cousin Josh Grier, frontman for Tapes ‘n Tapes, was on the David Letterman Show. There’s a nice little upload on YouTube of folks at the Minneapolis Hexagon Bar watching the show, and singing along with “Insistor.” The band has also released a video for “Insistor,” clearly their first single from The Loon. […]
Life continues to take me by surprise: anticipating a ton of stress this month, I have had one of the best summer seasons ever. Part of it comes from not really thinking about having a summer season.
Knowing that River’s job would be pretty much all-consuming, and that only day-trips would work if we wanted to […]
I went to see Harry and the Potters at our rockin’ library green in downtown Springfield the other day. They are so groovy. It was a great show. They are coming out with a new album—”The Power of Love”—and I can’t wait. As it is, since buying their CD “Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock” at […]
There’s been a lot of rain around us lately, but we managed to slip in a hike to Holyoke’s Mt. Tom over the weekend. Not one of southern New England’s most stunning peaks by far, it affords a nice challenging four-mile-plus round trip to the top and back. It’s very steep to start out, with […]
My cousin and his band, Tapes ‘n Tapes, are touring the east coast this month. Monday night, they’ll perform at hipster hot spot the Middle East in Cambridge. They also got a write-up in today’s Boston Globe, which mentioned that they did finally get signed after some top-secret dealings over the last couple of months. […]
A couple of my best-holy-days-ever happened this spring.
For a Bahá’í trying to take the day off from work or school, a holy day can sometimes be a lonely experience if it happens on some random weekday. We don’t have particular shrines to visit or rituals to undergo, spending the afternoon whiling away the hours inside […]