Category: Advice

Getting Behind; Now I am the Dream Team Caboose; Catching Up with Analysis of Paper Muslims: Bedtime Stories and My Flawed but Faithful Umrah; My Late in Life Reversion to the Islamic Faith Briefly Explained; News of Views; Gratitude; Photos of New Blog Card and a Photo That Brought Me Back to Saudi Arabia; 

Saturday September 6, 2025  I just received notification from Nesh.  He: Good morning Alexis. The latest log breakdown is up and live!! How are you today?  Me: Absolutely fabulous. You are getting ahead of me….

Artificial Intelligence is Becoming a Source of Islamic  Wisdom; When You Let Go For Allah’s Sake He Opens Doors He Never Imagined;  Nesh’s Blog Breakdowns May be Interfering With My Living in the Present; Artificial Intelligence Provides and Answer to the Dilemma; Allah Bless My Words; Joking with Shamir Allowed 

I am not exactly sure how this all happened but Artificial Intelligence is becoming the font of knowledge in my rather unusual existence, providing me with reflections on letting go and trusting in Allah.  I…

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…