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Doña Isabel de Porcel by Goya was my surrogate mother! (flash fiction)

Goya, Doña Isabel de Porcel 1805, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I wrote this piece as an experiment in first narrative character development. I was four when my parents divorced. Forced to a...

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Unexpected look at Art

Zurich sculpture, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I worked for 15 hours on Saturday and on Sunday I decided I would do a lot of walking to make up for sitting at a desk for such long hours. So I...

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The traveller

Arriving from Luton airport, I walked through long corridors, stood in many queues passed the Passport control. I took the coach and going through the town I could see the same H&M eye catching...

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Silver Chinese Lion

DSC04136, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I cast this in resin and painted it silver and gave it as a birthday present. When I was 17 ( before the revolution when I had money in my pocket) I went...

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The Orchard, Granchester

The Orchard, Granchester, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. The Orchard is a Tea Garden in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. It is a place that looks frozen in time. In 1868, it became a Tea Garden...

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Fancy bumping into you again Professor Hawking

220px-Stephen_Hawking_in_Cambridge, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. Living in Cambridge, we’ve bumped into Professor Stephen Hawking a few times. Often wheeled around by his family, from the side...

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Shakespeare

shakespeare, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. I bought this antique book when I was 20. I bought it for £4.50. The book must had been published around 1895. It is signed by J Elogen 1899, perhaps...

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My father in a new suit aged 15 and uncle aged 12

baba_amoo, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. He had started working in the Abadan refinery when he was 11. By 15 he was a competent lathe worker. He bought this suit as a present for himself. Filed...

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Regained Grandour

Regained Grandour, a set on Flickr. Back in 1977 when I was 13, I was fortunate enough to be awarded this comic book titled “Azemat-e Baazyaafteh” (“Restored Grandeur”) by my school. It is perhaps now...

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Leaving Moon city-autobiographical flash fiction

maltabus, a photo by doodle_juice on Flickr. A day earlier in Abadan our passports and tickets were ready for collection. Dad spoke to this guy in the ticket office who dropped the word OK in every...

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My brainstorm quote for today

 All genes are selfish, but some people’s selfish genes are more selfish than others!  Filed under: Memoirs, Written work Tagged: Film Review, Humour, Iran, Iranian, Middle East, ramintork, فارسی, هنر,...

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