One-Time Recipes

Over the last few years, and especially recently, I’ve found myself cooking more and more what I call one-time recipes. These recipes nourish me in ways that go beyond simply satisfying hunger, and I’d like to share their story. ...

January 12, 2025 · 5 min · Selim

Conflict Analysis Framework

There have been many moments in my life when I found myself fighting on multiple fronts—family, romance, work, school, and friendships. My best strategies were to retreat, attack, move away, or cut off contact completely. I was patient in some ways. I would wait long enough, stay silent long enough until the air could no longer fit in the balloon. ...

January 7, 2025 · 5 min · Selim

The Resolutions

I think it is something naturally built in us that, when we reach an end, we look at the past. They are always stops between two points. So, I looked at the past at many different ends, and here is what I saw. ...

January 5, 2025 · 5 min · Selim

wet can't dry

A full room can temporarily be clean. An empty room doesn’t collect dust. ...

January 2, 2025 · 2 min · Selim

seeing and showing

The eye shows, But I don’t see. Fear also shows, But I don’t see. The ear hears, But I don’t see. Anger also hears, But I don’t see. ...

January 1, 2025 · 1 min · Selim