Welcome to Syra’s Scribbles.
I have been blogging about my family for twenty years. Taking care of my mom and six children have given me much to write about over the years. Ten years after the blogs are written, I republish them in a collection with a little 2020 hindsight. Welcome to my life.
Latest from Syra
Danger Boulder
Would you risk exposure to a biohazard in the name of art? I hope you would say no. This fall I found out that my answer to that question is yes. On a quiet Wednesday evening after the baklava party, I made spaghetti with fried mushrooms, vegetable-based ‘meat’, topped with nutritional yeast powder, and was…
Whitewater River Rafting
I’m rarely in danger, but on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend this year, it was nice to have a strong thirty-something-year-old man wrap his arm around me to keep me safe. John and Rosi had traveled from Oklahoma to Taos, New Mexico, for a long weekend getaway. Xenia, my fifteen-year-old, and I were taking…
Baklava Near Disasters
I didn’t think that my annual baklava party was going to happen this year. I mean, there’s always a bit of anxiety over whether anyone will actually show up or whether the baklava will turn out. Too much baklava is always better because it can be frozen, but either too little or too much feels…
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