Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

Essential Business: Ajwa Grocery Carries On

What’s it like to supply a community in crisis with milk, meat, produce and precious atta—the whole wheat flour used in making that staple of Southeast Asian households: chappati, or griddle bread? It’s hard, but it’s handled with generosity and grace by these tireless Pakistani grocers, inshallah! Read how one manager, two butchers and a shelf-stocker allow Ajwa Grocery to perform great community service in time of great need.

For Women, From Women: Jazeeba Beauty Salon

Naeema Kausar runs her beauty business out of the parlor floor of a two-family brick row house in Midwood. For Women, From Women: Jazeeba Beauty Salon is a cozy, inclusive haven where Muslim, Jewish and Christian patrons are all welcome to dip their heads back into the wash sink, exemplifying the best of what Brooklyn offers.

14 Valentine's that Remain Close to my Heart

This Valentine’s Day approaching got me thinking about the fifty-three which precede it. I invite you to celebrate some different ways in which we express and receive love, in 14 Valentine’s that Remain Close to my Heart, my own Valentine to February 14, self-published on Medium.

Every Man I've Ever Known Reached Out Over the Holidays

It was a quiet Christmas spent with family and a few close friends, but it was noisy in another way. For reasons that I don’t fully understand but was curious to explore, I heard from many men during the holiday season. Friends, former boyfriends, even strangers, all reached out, some in surprising ways. Read how Every Man I’ve Ever Known Reached Out Over the Holidays, self-published on Medium.

Did I Ask You?

Why do I surround myself with adolescents 24/7? Explore all that’s lovable in humans who fall within the seven special years that end in teen in Did I Ask You?, my first story appearing in The Good Men Project.

Slay Me With Your Art

Charcoal Drawing by William Fahey

What is it about artists? Why do creatives consistently capture my heart and lay me low? I invite you to explore the profound sex appeal of arty types in this reflection, my second publication in P.S. I Love You, on Medium.

Surfing Love Sites as a Single Mom

courtesy of rockawave.com

For a few tide changes now, I’ve been a girl on the curl, surfing online dating sites for that one Starkist Tuna. Sorry Charlie, to make you tread water until I drift into your current, but while we wait, know that I’m sharing the waves with some terrific tunas who are teaching me to be no Chicken of the Sea, and to enjoy riding this one long wave to you… Read how I’ve been handling the board while balancing work and home in this, my first story for P.S. I Love You, one cheeky child in the Medium family of publications. Thanks for the read!

When I Knew I Was a Writer

Some people seem born into their callings: priests, doctors, fire fighters, social workers. From the time they can form words, they can tell you what they want to be when they grow up, and how they’re going to help out around planet Earth. That was never me, until now. But hey, better at 54 than never! Here’s an inspirational read for all late-bloomers that was picked up by Start Up a bold child in the Medium family of publications!