by AnnSheybani | Feb 11, 2011 | Faith
This is a guest post from the author, Beth Jannery. During times of crisis, people often reach for the overused, and sometimes annoying, cliché that God will not give us more than we can handle. Then there is another popular comforting notion that what does not... by AnnSheybani | Jan 19, 2011 | Honesty, Self-Esteem, Uncategorized
Over New Years we were sitting in a little wine bar up in New Hampshire having tapas when Walt and I spotted an attractive couple about our age. Like us, they were unusual in that they appeared to be madly in love with one another. So different than the other wilted... by AnnSheybani | Jan 5, 2011 | Authenticity, Uncategorized
Being an introvert, I need a lot of time to my self. I spend most mornings happily surrounded by a pack of dogs and the quiet. I read, think, and write. Even with Walt present, I can be alone. He has similar rhythms. We can lose entire days to our books... by AnnSheybani | Nov 27, 2010 | Honesty, Uncategorized
In Iran, my girlfriend Susan and I were due to have babies at about the same time. Her sexy husband—the one who, according to Susan, spent his nights thinking of inventive ways to drive her wild with passion, and his days selling stolen Kuwaiti cars on the black... by AnnSheybani | Oct 28, 2010 | adventure, Authenticity, Codependency, Confidence, Denali, Into the Wild, Jean Craighead George, Krakauer, mountain climbing, The Other Side of the Mountain
I had lunch last week with an old friend I hadn’t seen in years. Both oddballs in high school, we’d dreamed of baking bread together when we graduated, raising sheep, and starting a commune in rural Vermont. She’d do the wool spinning and...
