A few years ago I wrote about my dear friend Jinous, the first woman who was ever allowed to wax my bikini line and then feed me figs, and how she died of lung cancer in 2008. I called that post My Big Fat Farsi Funeral - Part 1. But I never got around to writing any more … [Read more...]
Today’s Inspirational View
McGrath State Beach, Ventura, CA - May, 2010 … [Read more...]
The Glamorous Life of a Professional Blogger
Apparently "poet sweater" also requires "jazz hands." Apologies for the rudimentary iMovie bells and whistles. … [Read more...]
I Can Feel It Coming
It started with a tickle, and then it became a sniffle, and then it became a stuffiness in my face. I did what I always do: I stomped on it with a tablet of Airborne, fizzled into cold water and guzzled down before I walked Kyle to school. It stayed away most of … [Read more...]


