Author Archives: Beecher

Today, Khalil was wearing a brand-new green Mario mushroom baseball cap, backwards, with the visor in the back. Georgia got down Bahiyyih‘s #2 baseball cap from its hook by the front door and put it on, just like Khalil. She … Continue reading →

Maya and Georgia ask a lot of questions. And Bahiyyih and I (and all of our friends in earshot) do our best to answer them. One that they like to ask often is, “what is your favorite color?” So I … Continue reading →

Bahá’í are to refrain from politics, in order to promote unity (and not encourage chaos, havoc, or fruitless intellectual meleé), but what are we supposed to do when we think of a great punchline for a political bumper sticker? Not … Continue reading →

Someone is asking: Which is more important, IQ or self-discipline?. What’s self-discipline? According to the article, it includes the ability to delay gratification: Walter Mischel and colleagues found in the 1980s that 4-year-olds’ ability to delay gratification (for example, to … Continue reading →

Do you ever think back to what you were like when you were younger? How about feeling back to try to reconstruct your emotions and sense of self? I’ve been afraid that in some ways, age 14 was my best … Continue reading →

We’re selling our house and buying another one just up the street, as reported in Bahiyyih’s Webble. And although we scoured Champaign and Urbana for a suitable home on our own and then with professional help, in the end neither … Continue reading →

I took down my rant about nobody benefitting from racism. It was just too much of a red herring. After all, I don’t think anyone is suggesting that people who are not directly harmed by racism should be discriminated against … Continue reading →

When my brother David (the father in these pictures) was younger, he and Zivar, our sister (who has even less biographical material on the web than David — the best I can find is this snippet from her high school’s … Continue reading →