#IllRideWithYou and Other Kinds of Great Allyship
In the 4 weeks after 9/11 I wore a headscarf to school. I was 12. I did it because I had heard on the news Muslim women were being shot at for wearing visible s...
Category: Faith
In search of an Iftar
Last night I wanted to celebrate Iftar. It was the first night of Ramadan in Washington, D.C. (though the second in Virginia, where I sleep), and I’d neve...
Sadness for a heaven-bound cat and a recipe for feeling better
A certain cat of my long and loving acquaintance passed away today. He was named Rudolph Valentino after the great black-and-white movie star because he was: Gr...