spent the evening in geneva, ny, with a friend from college. manish was one of my closest friends back in connecticut. this was the first time i met his wife and kids. we had some delicious chicken biryani cooked by his wife and talked about the good old days, in a mixture of urdu/hindi and english, as desis are wont to do. his youngest son reminded me of my nephew when he was younger. i showed manish my son’s picture and he couldn’t believe it. he remembered celebrating his first birthday. it was such a pleasure to reconnect after so many years. ah, how similar we continue to be, we indians and pakistanis. borders don’t change a thing.
Category: misc/personal
in toronto
spending the weekend with my BFF and recharging for the continuing challenges ahead. we all need to unplug sometimes, and enjoy the best pakistani food in north america 🙂
Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017)
celebrating our dec and jan birthdays together
just the ease and fun we needed on a day such as this.
banner for #womensmarch
love!!!
kids…
dropped my son off to college and, am embarrassed to say, cried in my car on the way back.
ah, kids… they tug at your heart in such profound ways.
even when they’re 21 🙂
best thai food in jersey
in NJ, with my brother and his family, grabbing some thai food at green papaya 🙂
i was still in finance…
wow. this seems like such a long time ago. i was still in finance.
ready for 2017
happy new year family, friends and compadres! let’s come together in 2017 as never before and make our world more peaceful, equitable and joyful for all. we can do it.
Barbara – Joyeux Noël
Christmas two years ago
Christmas break in Paris, two years ago, with Stephanie Nic Cárthaigh, Raymond Deane and Renate Debrun 🙂
a vast and mysterious universe
yesterday evening, as the sun was about to set, this beautiful soft light poured from the sky and spilled onto the snow. it was like looking at the world through a lens filter, or through rose-colored glasses, literally. the top of the sky was a gorgeous, warm pink which bled gently into a cooler yellow, only to be transformed into the purest blue. this splash of color was reflected faithfully by the snow and created a unified, magical landscape.
we live in such a vast universe, full of mystery and miracles. it’s easy to get caught up in too many thoughts, to live too much in our heads, and so it’s comforting to know that there is such a prodigious world outside of us, connected to us, yet also gloriously ancient and infinite.
[these photographs are unfiltered and don’t even begin to describe yesterday’s color extravaganza]
miss my mom and dad
miss my mom and dad. had such a wonderful summer with them. happy that they avoided this cold weather tho. it’s a lot more pleasant in lahore 🙂
thanksgiving 2016
nov 23, 2016: in NC with family. saag gosht, beef biryani, aloo gosht, kheer – and we just barely got here!
nov 24, 2016: hanging out at chachu and khala’s brand new house in charlotte. so good to have all three of our puppies with us.
nov 26, 2016: with my sister in charlotte, NC.
fall 2016
fall was here not too long ago, with all its mellowness and beauty. winter came in one sudden day, catching us off guard. good time to stay indoors and read books recommended by angela davis.
