Maggie made an amazing perma fish out of orange papier-crepe. This one is eternally happy and smiling. It’s new year today, at 1 o’clock 23 minutes and some seconds (i forgot). We’ve entered the year 1385. Happy Norouz.
Suspecting that Sahar would be celebrating Norouz with ignorant friends, Elham was so thoughtful and kind to send the right words to say: Sad sal beh az in salha. I hope you live for the next 100 years better than all the years you’ve lived till now. Nor sure if we said it right though… But we did come up with a good interpretation of a dead fish for haft-sin. More than a symbol of life, it is a symbol of change and transformation and America life has brought enough transformation for the moment, so let’s hope for a calmer year…