burnout… “Are you happy?” 21 Oct 202019 Feb 2021 I cruised through I-81 trying to reach my mother as fast as I could. The fact that she chooses to live in the suburbs of Philadelphia is inconvenient but she's…
feminism… As my ex and I moved into the same neighborhood! 5 Sep 202024 Sep 2020 My ex moved into the same neighborhood as I a few years after our breakup and really this wouldn't have been an account worth telling if it hadn't been for…
feminism… The aluminum foil and other popular themes of her marriage! 31 Aug 20206 Sep 2020 The aluminum foil: Curse be on me that I wasn't taught the basic art of cooking by my mother. I land in my marriage unarmed and without any back up…
fiction… Janu, Jani, Jaan and the Pakistani arranged marriage bride. 27 Aug 202029 Aug 2020 As you sit there fluttering your eye lashes at the man who is going to be your keeper from now, you sense another pair of eyes, unflutteringly looking at you.…
feminism… “She’s just the girl you’re looking for!” 26 Aug 20202 Apr 2021 The arranged marriage process? What else can I write that hasn't already been written about it on this blog but sometimes..... material presents itself. A friend of a friend whose…
feminism… Sex, love and other natural disasters. 22 Aug 202023 Aug 2020 As I broke up with yet another boyfriend, one of my good girlfriends commented, "Wasn't there anything to salvage this one?" I'm a serial breaker-upper. I have had longer no-relationship…
feminism… Ten Dicks and a Tom! 30 Jul 20208 Aug 2020 Ladies! Single life is not for people like me. Self-conscious, judgmental, opinionated, introverted, hyper imaginative and hypo perceptive. This life isn't for people like me. But by life's grace my…
fiction… Lost and found (inspired by Everybody Loves Raymond). 25 Jul 2020 "Really I'm very tired", I said, nodding off to sleep as my husband frantically looked around the room. "Don't sleep! Don't sleep", he came shrieking back to bed. "Do you…
fiction… The music in his chaos 11 May 202011 May 2020 Somehow the drudgery that life had become felt like the sole purpose of his existence. The clockwork routine, the nonexistent friendships, the empty wallet and the unattractive wife, all seemed…
fiction… Nothing’s constant! 9 May 20209 May 2020 CHAPTER 1: "Big day?" She could feel him closing up against her back. She recoiled a little but then got herself together. "No! Just a regular day. Big day for…
My mind as a woman 