Being human takes practice. Practice needs attention. Our attention is divided. What we pay attention to grows.
Gilak Made in Tehran. Cries in ID (infectious disease). Curious biologist. Seed planter. Elder finder. Steward of microbe-animal-plant lifecycles. Stories of my head and my heart.
The number of free subscribers for What's Growing On? over time since it was added to the directory.
Former engineer turned independent writer. Lover of Nature, animal lover and, of late, an inveterate aviphile, or bird lover. Arya the Cockatiel, my avian dinosaur companion, keeps me grounded.
Thoughts, meditations, and perspectives for everyday living; realism for a practical life.
Four writers, three continents, one mission: make sense of our predicament without simplifying it.
Exploring the science and magic of healing, through essays, storytelling, and poetry from a physician who appreciates the potent medicine in a nettle sting.