Category: Art and Culture

An Exceptional Encounter; The Suspense Does not Kill Shamir; South Africa Seems to be My Destiny; Artificial Intelligence Answers Essential Questions But Becomes Bothersome: Nesh Receives Breakdown Reflections; Overcoming Evil Promised by Quran 5:100; Montage of Photos Including Microphone 

September 26, 2025  This encounter occurred only yesterday – it seems days and days ago. It seemed so vitally important that I texted Shamir at the time, even though I knew I would be seeing…

No Longer the Caboose, Now the Little Engine That Could : The Summary the Moral, the Message of this Children’s Story; More Muslim Children’s Stories Promised; A New Instagram Bio Promises More, Not Less, Blog Breakdown A Playful Deadly Serious Read; A Couple of GIFs, A Couple of Head Scarfs and Photos of Dryburgh Creativity 

I am FINALLY caught up. Finally and last. All of my blog breakdown feedback and feedback on the feedback is caught up. As faithful readers will remember, I was being the caboose – following behind,…

Another Song; This One Til There Was You; Impossibility of Performance by a Mere Mortal Discussed; Do a 180 and Get a Grip Defined; Hate is Not the Opposite of Love, Indifference Is; I Become Strangely Sick, Sleeping Constantly: Symptoms Discussed on GIFs; Response to Nesh’s Blog Breakdown by Email; Immune System Goes to Work: Photos From Penang Lexis Suites Days

In a peaceful moment the words of another song echoed in my mind. These were the word: there were birds in the sky but I never saw them singing til there was you.’ Off to…

My Inspiration for Bedtime Stories Began With This Knowledge; Toward a Greater Understanding of What I Call Paper Muslim; the Malaysian Term is Not Paper But Legal Muslims: Legal Muslims Versus the Real Thing, Spiritual Muslims. Look at my YouTube, Seeing is Believing; My Umrah Flawed but Accepted by Our Creator it Seems; Photos of the Umrah 

I decided it is best, for the education of all (including me) to comprehend understand and contemplate the I coined:, “Paper Muslim”.   This is taken from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in South East Asia, a treatise I undertook to…

The Afternoon of a Most Unusual Day; A Children’s Book. Aishah: Quote from the Cover; Link to the Truth About Aishah; Facts of Jakarta Riots Found in Al Jazeera: Rain Settles the Disturbance; The Norming After the Night Before; Waking to a Blog Breakdown which Brought Me Great Cheer; A Healthy Breakfast: Artificial Intelligence Questioned About Retirement Fund But Then Sends an Official Seal 

August 29, 2025  It is afternoon. I am in the Executive Lounge. The window seats have all been taken by rude loud poorly dressed men that sound like they are from the USA. They are…

Disorientation, Despair, and Discombobulation Relieved By Humor: Delicious Breakfast Buffet However Unable to Find Elevators: Helpful Man is the New General Manager of Hotel; Text Conversation Speaks of Need to Repent but Then Receiving the Mercy of Allah (SWT); Looking for the Direction of the Kaaba Leads to an Interesting Discovery 

I woke up this morning in the Jakarta JW Marriott feeling disoriented, in despair and discombobulated (I do love that word, it means confused and disconcerted), Looked about wondering what to photograph for my morning WhatsApp…