Thoughtful Thursday: Traveling Through Time

Sohrab and I recently started watching Outlander. I didn’t know what to expect – other than the fact that everyone I talked to about it highly recommended it. Without giving anything too grandiose away, it’s about a World War II era British woman being...

Bullet Journaling for Beginners

Like everyone you know on the internet (and perhaps otherwise), I have started a bullet journal. I’ve tried it before, to no avail. I have notoriously little patience for habits, and even something like the bullet journal, which fascinated me and my unruly...

Thoughtful Thursday: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

It was a lovely 72° as Sohrab and I strolled around the local farmers market, like we do every Sunday. This was the first time it was pleasant. For the past several months, it has been a chore to venture out into the bright sun as it beat down onto the vegetables....

Let’s Make Berenj (With Tahdig)!

Let’s make what with what? Rice – with a little bit of magic. I was first introduced to this dish a little over seven years ago when Sohrab and I started dating. It quickly became one of my favorite things – a gateway drug, as it were, to the world of Iranian...

Thoughtful Thursday: Watch Out, World.

Last night, I was ready to take over the world. This morning, I fumed, my eyes doused in hot, bitter tears. Even the orange of my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season couldn’t tinge the red I saw. My thoughts infused with guilt and anger, I gulped the...

Lost and Found

Have you ever felt like you were too late to make your mark on the world? Like the market you are trying to get into is so saturated that yet another voice amidst the crowd couldn’t possibly make a difference? I’ve been in a haze for the past 5 months...