A photo posted by Nazila (@nazilam) on May 9, 2015 at 4:18pm PDT Today must have been the hottest day of the year to date. Th...

Bershon much? I'm happy to be home for the next week or so. There is a ton of stuff to do in the garden, around the house and in my b...

Dinner, all ready. I'm over it. My father knows how to make three dishes tops, which considering his age and the era in which he was ra...

Father sun, my garden, sometime in 2006. Tonight my brother and I are picking my parents up from the airport. It is unusual for even one of...

Hmm, what is new? I went to Boston, drove to New Hampshire, went to Maine and then to New Hampshire for dinner last Friday. I would not reco...

Father sun, the greenhouse, Seattle, WA May 2007. Is it something I said, or didn't? Things here are fine. We're just wrapping up a...

Where the mommy mafia met, from the Iranian.com. Today my Khaleh Mehri called me to thank me for the email I sent this morning to her son up...

Shemiran, north Tehran, April 2007, photo courtesy of the published one. How I wish I could be there to see my dad see everyone again. nm

Ribbons of chocolate. April 2007. Not much to report. Heard from everyone, they are fine and I'm very relieved. Vexed by spreadsheets an...

Recently I have been househunting, not for myself but for my parents who are reconsidering life up North. It has been interesting. My parent...

That which is lost and found, Narcissus, March 2007. I found a weekend and it was marvelous. I walked off my twice mechanicalized (is this ...

Narcissus, March 2006. Seattle, WA. I'm off to surprise my father for his birthday. He's a new year's baby and its the first No ...

Here I sit telling E.dd to leave the tree alone. Our friends R&A said unbreakable ornaments were the way to go. I have to agree, though...

I have to admit, it hooked me. However, short of buying the kids very cute little flannel robes from Lands End (double miles!), everything e...

I am blessed. nm

of note. I feel crappy and this is a Week with a capital W. My hips are killing me and I'm behind today on my training. Yoikes. Didn...