On the Way Home

 A few days ago was the fifth anniversary of my Mom's passing, which doesn't seem possible, both that is seems like yesterday and ye...

We've made it to April, and we might, somehow, potentially, theoretically, inshallah, survive the pandemic. It won't be easy, even n...

 I have nothing profound to add here, other than my mind has been filled with memories of travel lately. Obviously, that's true most of ...

 As if I don't need more health issues, this weekend I suffered from either an abscessed tooth or the mother of all sinus infections - c...

 I've mentioned one of the things that has given me joy - and kept me reasonably sane - during this long pandemic has been my Monday eve...

 I just wanted to include a link to a blog post, entitled Tiny Woman Takes on the Middle East , from my former student Kayla that chronicles...

 And another Iftar treat: petite madeleines. I was swapping emails with my friend Lynette and two separate conversations, one about Ramadan ...