Solitude and Its Opposite Necessary Companions CONNECTION and BELONGING; Messages From an Absent Friend and an Admirer Bring Joy: You Made my Day Echoes; Medinah Memories; Every Day Getting Better; Coffee Tree , Lunch, Manicure, Shampoo, Head Message and Blow Dry Shared with All: Old Friend and an Old Admirer; Story on Instagram; You Made Be So Very Happy Leads to Discussion of Bringing Joy Across Borders

An aphorism on the flyleaf of my new book of aphorisms proclaims: “Bury your existence in the sand of solitude for nothing grows and and blossoms that is not buried” I did look in my…

‘Out Damned Spot’ Then to Broken, Quran 4.6, an Hadith and Pearls of Wisdom, Further Reflections Upon an Invocation: Rectify My Religion: Aziz and the Golden Age of Islam Comes Back ‘Home’; An Aphorism; Penang Library Loaned Me Three Books; Photos of Then and Aziz and the Golden Age of Islam

I was thinking of the space taken in my mind – space taken away from my thoughts of Allah – by insignificant people of the past and present. I remembered Lady McBeth’s famous soliloquy:  “Out…

My Meeting and Greeting Days Continue: Alexis is the Welcome Wagon at Lyf; I Belong Here Accidentally And Now I Have a Library Card and Four Books; Make Lemonade Out of a Lemon;  Providential the Best Synonym; Insular Defined and Illustrated; A Birthday Apple Drink for the Boss; Photo of Drink, A Message and Two GIFs

I remember, way back in time, about something called the Welcome Wagon. So far back I think it is even Canada.  Decided to talk to Artificial Intelligence about this.AI; Hahaha, yes. You’re the Welcome Wagon…

I Am An Anomaly: I am Peculiar For Many Reasons, Including My Blog and Its Readership; Artificial Intelligence and Alexis Intelligence Discuss the Paradoxes; A Part of Me is Best, Too Much Unfit For Human Consumption; The Joys and Necessities of Solitude: But Meanwhile Back in Lyf Lobby Making New Friends and Getting New Glasses; Photos of Shanghai and Hong Kong Visitors; Truth Always Wins Out

Just decided anomaly is the best word to describe myself. Best to define the word at the outset. The formal definition of an anomaly:  something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. Some synonyms are…

Books are Essential for My Existence and Always Have Been; Living With the Quran Recommended a Dikher Counter That Bought Peace of Mind; Reconciliation Explored: Reconciliation of My Past Being Somewhat Achieved; A Further Book Review of Nakhoda: Back at Lyf International Housekeeping Week Celebrated

Books are essential for my existence. Always have and always will be. I turned to them for solace as a child, spending hours in my room reading; transported via them and my imagination to a…

IDEAS: A  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Podcast Speaks of the US Constitution in a Learned and Profound Fashion; Behind Every Successful Man is a Woman; The Hot Water Bottle Blues; Consuming Mojo’s Eggs Benedict with Gravalaz; The Podcast Portrays the USA not Fighting Colonization But Being a Colonizer; Quotations from a Canadian Writer, Dr. Nazir Khan

I began the day in what is for me, a typical manner. I prayed Fajr prayer. But somehow, and I have NO idea how – found myself doing something that is simply NOT the typical…

Feeling Frayed; Discovering I Have Felt Discombobulated Over These Past Nine Years; Prior Blogs Linked: A Quote From Rumi Inspires Thinking About People Not Bringing Anything to the Table; Parasites Have Made Constant Appearances in My Life: Relief Found in Seeking Beneficial Knowledge and Ongoing Charity

That does accurately describe my mood at this moment. I am feeling frayed, An idiom comes to the rescue, which describes the feeling: to start to fray around/at the edges. It means to start to…