Category archives: Nonfiction
Hi, Heart.
I hesitate to blog anymore because my audience has grown so much. I don’t mean that to sound like bragging, but since I went overseas and got a boyfriend, more people have been interested in what I say. That scares… continue reading »
Life updates, August 2010
I haven’t blogged to just blog in a while. I’ve written a lot about PLC; I’ve written a few creative pieces, but I haven’t just blogged. Granted, most of the time I blog I have some muse to inspire me.… continue reading »
On health care in Iraq
Health care – or “Obamacare” – is still a buzz word around here. Though having been out of the country for two months, and completely shutting myself off from American politics, I knew that the tension of the healthcare reform… continue reading »
Jeremy Courtney is legit.
I’ve had this blog in my head for a while. I didn’t want to write it until I was home in the States. I didn’t want anyone to think Jeremy coerced me into writing it. I promise: no coercing took… continue reading »
Nine of the fifteen people I live with
I love them. Back-front, L-R:JoeyD-BuckSophiePopBenjiMe! (Laurenzo)Claireta “Killer”AlexiEl PresidenteLydEstah
Happy (belated) America Day from Iraq
It’s fun celebrating an American holiday abroad. I highly recommend it. I love that no one understood why we ran to the basement Ferdos market to find sparklers; or why we made a makeshift American flag and saluted to it.… continue reading »
it’s all crazy; it’s all false; it’s all a dream; it’s alright
A huge part of why I’m in Iraq is to correct my preconceived notions about Iraqis, Kurds and Muslims – and yours too. Joshua, Jeremy and the guy interns get to hang out with Sheikh Ali, a Muslim sheikh (religious… continue reading »
Nom nom nom
I think I’ve grown out of my picky eating phase. Unlike 8-year-old Lauren, I now eat mushrooms, onions, thin crust pizza, Subway, most fruits, etc. I still won’t eat tomatoes, but that’s beside the point. Finding food in Iraq that… continue reading »
Hospitals, sick babies & a remedy
A few weeks ago I got to visit a children’s hospital in Sulaimaniah. We went to meet Dr. Aso Faiq Salih, the only pediatric cardiologist in Kurdistan, who’s also a dear friend of Preemptive Love Coalition. Dr. Aso’s office was… continue reading »
What I Do 40 Hours a Week
Most of you have been asking about what I’ve been up to, other than learning about what it means to be a Kurd in northern Iraq. … I am an intern. I work 40 hours a week – did you know… continue reading »