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Month: March 2020

Tandoori Salmon

Tandoori Salmon

Tandoori Salmon A few months ago my seven-year old got it in his head that he’d make us salmon for dinner. I prefer white fish if I have the choice, but I figured salmon would be pretty forgiving to his tornado-like tendencies in the kitchen.…


Quarantining with kids

Quarantining with kids

I imagine many of you are heading into Monday with a sense of dread. Social distancing’s “flatten the curve” imperative needs to be followed by all of us, in order to avoid the tragedy that the graph above projects. We are doing our part and…


Holi Hai!

Holi Hai!

Holi Hai! If any day now gives me serious nostalgia for Bombay, it’s Holi–the onset of Spring, meant to symbolize rebirth, new beginnings, and, literally, the harvest. D’s first time visiting Bombay happened to coincide with Holi one year and he got a small taste…


Pink Pangea: The Women’s Writing Retreat That Saved My Life

Pink Pangea: The Women’s Writing Retreat That Saved My Life

By last October, I was barely holding it together. I was showing up a day early or an afternoon late for birthday parties, mistaking lotion for shampoo, severely underestimating how long I had to get to airports before flights for work… the works. I knew…