misc/personal – Page 18

walks and a sumptuous dinner

walks with lovely friends (thank u Wegdan, Muna and Sireesha) and then a small get together organized by my beautiful Obaida jaan – thank u Obaida, Fabeha, Muna and Shaista. palestine, india, afghanistan and pakistan <3

with sonia and noelle

wonderful conversation at spot coffee today with the wonderful Sonia Hadchiti and Noelle Knowelle Evans <3

spotcoffee #rochesterny #conversationsarepriceless #journalism #film #writing #furureprojects

Lock 32 Canal Park

my favorite place to walk in pittsford: lock 32 canal state park. always reliably gorgeous.

pittsfordny #lock32 #parksareessential #walksinthepark rochesterny

Backyard get together

such a lovely evening with amazing friends. thank u for ur hospitality Anjum. feeling blessed <3

friendsarefamily #pittsfordny summerevenings #backyardfun

My day so far

my day so far. with the beautiful Yvonne Colton, Rachel Anne and Isabelle Bartter <3

rochesterny #friendstime #flyingsquirrel #spotcoffee

Last evening

with kristin and pam last evening <3

An artist’s home

my airbnb host is bonnie gloris, an artist, and her artwork is everywhere in the house. love it ?

bonniegloris #art #rochesterny

Quiet morning in Roc

having breakfast in my own sunroom this morning:)

rochesterny #parkavenue #quietmorning

First visit in Rochester

first stop in rochester: a meeting with aunty shafqat and her beautiful daughter, my dear friend ayesha. aunty shafqat knew and loved my nani and was one of my khalajaan’s closest friends. they were both professors at CB college (in pakistan) for decades, until they retired. grateful for so much love and wonderful history.

Driving to Rochester

i love bridges.

My workouts

wanted to give a shout-out to my trainer Julie Zobel. with all the changes in my life – leaving a community that’s home to me, trying to settle in long island in the midst of a pandemic, being in a small space with all the books/objects that provide continuity, familiarity stored elsewhere, getting used to a different rhythm, pace, place, people and accent (!!!) – the one thing i’ve counted on are my workouts. we do them in a smallish space in my bedroom, but they’re still challenging, designed for me specifically, and never boring. all i use is a mat.

i trained with julie at a gym for a long time, and the transition to virtual workouts has been seamless.

it’s safer to exercise at home. message Julie Zobel to get more info.

Nothing we do is unplaced

Whatever is true for space and time, this much is true for place: we are immersed in it and could not do without it. To be at all—to exist in any way— is to be somewhere, and to be somewhere is to be in some kind of place. Place is as requisite as the air we breathe, the ground on which we stand, the bodies we have. We are surrounded by places. We walk over and through them. We live in places, relate to others in them, die in them. Nothing we do is unplaced.

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