Respecting the Privacy of Others: We BOTH Deserve to be Happy; Laugh and the World Laughs With You, Cry and You Cry Alone; Another Absolutely Brilliant Blog Breakdown Bringing Tears; Respecting the Rights of Others; I Cannot Save You I am Trying to Save Myself: An Eleanor Roosevelt GIF. 

This has been the strangest morning of my life AND that is saying something. Where am I?  At the breakfast bar of Mojo pretending it I am in Jakarta because of the time difference. Corresponding…

Back in the Saddle Again; Confessions of an Inveterate List Maker; Receiving News of Islamic Rituals of Death Brings Both Sadness and Wonder; Another Brilliant Blog Breakdown; Instagram Statistics Soar; Today’s Dream Team’s Accomplishments at an All Time High; Photos of Book Covers and Food 

Shamir has returned from Thailand. We exchanged Good Morning greetings.  Me: How does it feel to be back?  He: Good!  Me: Good Great! Great to have you back. There is a strange USA expression ‘back…

A Marked Departure from Morning Habits But Making Sure I am keeping One’s Eye on the Prize; A Leaking Hot Water Bottle Takes Center Stage: Definitions of Dour and Modesty; The path to Paradise Must be a Muslim’s Goal; Knowledge Makes the Path to Paradise Easy; 

My former focus, my specialty one could say, was my morning greeting, sent to select WhatsApp folks and then often circulated throughout my readership. Yesterday marked a major deviation form this practice. I am living…

A Change of Heart Resulted in a  Desire for Countless “You Made My Days;” Bringing a Sense of Joy Makes Allah (SWT) Happy; My New  Revised YouTube Will Show a Rehearsal Reel; My Claim to Fame is Shutting Down an Oyster Farm; A Remake of You’ve Got A Friend; Burning the Midnight Oil; Jack of All Trades   

Yesterday, August 9, 2025 was a totally blessed day crammed with religious significance. This morning awoke with a plan. I would eloquently ‘tell all’. However,  various events this morning  resulted in a change of heart…

This Time Landslide is the Unlikely Title which Led to Other Unlikelihoods; Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained; Four Best Proverbs of Out Times (Apparently): Cock and Bull, a Favorite Synonym; Blog Breakdowns Prove a Better Me than Me: Ending with a Powerful Verse From the Quran

Certain words to a song again resonated with me. (The meaning of resonate in this instance: evoke or suggest images, memories, and emotions.)  The search for this song provided much more difficult then usual, but…

Again the Best Day of My Life; Again for a Different Totally Unpredictable Reason; My New YouTube Channel is Up and Running; Go Look; Everybody Worships in Their Own Way and Surreal Just Being Here: Background Story Revealing Why I Was There; Shamir’s Strange Talent  Finds 2018 YouTube Reel; Photos of Message; Food and a Scarf

Today is apparently August 3, 2025.  My computer said so and has been proven totally reliable and trustworthy. Hahaha  I am sitting at the bar, the breakfast bar at Mojo Pojo. It was here I…

What a Difference A Day Makes Explored After Much Meandering; Two Entirely Different Mornings Illustrated By Photos and Tales from the City; A Relationship Bites the Dust Bringing Peace of Mind and New Plans; Rejection of a Proposed Work Force, Alexis and the Seven Dwarfs; Photos of Morning Sunrises, a Tiny Room, Two Young Men and a Dwarf GIF  

The words to that song suddenly came to mind, perhaps because this morning is decidedly difference from yesterday morning. Do think I will hunt up the lyrics. From what I can remember  it s a…

Success in the Light of the Quran; Success Defined in Western terms; Artificial Intelligence’s Answer to What is Success; Comparisons Made Between the Three; Also the Consequences of Failure; Two Reels Linked; One of Cultural Night, the Other March 18, 2025, Photos of Fajr Prayer Sight and Playful Hair and Nails.

I am oft surprised to see the word success in the Quran. It seems unlikely as success is a huge concept in the Western world and is typically extremely monetarily and materialistically orientated (as we…