Again I am beginning this blog by beginning with the title. My customary practice is to title the blog after it is written. No idea why I am proceeding in an entirely different fashion but…
I shall travel to Malaysia in a few days. I was supposed to be there now but was stalled in Bahrain because of a Chase credit card snafu. I shall eagerly explore my new intended…
We all know that phrase – money is the root of all evil. That has special meaning here in Bahrain which has the second highest rate of exchange in the whole world. (Kuwait beats it,…
Faithful readers found me contemplating venting with possible gains relating to an extremely, one would say, trivial matter. Did not want to be viewing CNN from the breakfast buffet. There wee two televisions. I ascertained…
I do admit to having a strange, peculiar, extraordinary mind. Thinking over my long life with its many ups and downs, catastrophes and godsends, undying love retreating to casual rejection, truths followed by utter lies;…
I am fasting today to ‘make up’ a day in which I broke my fast during Ramadan. Coffee was the temptress, the Satan, but when the forbidden substance entered my mouth I decided I might…
That song echoed in my head this morning during breakfast at my Residence Hotel in Bahrain. In some ways that could, and perhaps is, the song of the rest of my life. However, I do…
Well, it happened again. My whole world turned upside down and backwards but I landed on my feet. I landed in Manama Bahrain, actually where I was in the beginning. But now in a more …
It is early morning here in Bahrain. Woke for Fajr prayer, after pursuing my Allah (SWT) connection made some coffee checked, WhatsApp and then email. My Inbox contained a treasure, most timely, as it was…
I am in a good place, both literally and figuratively. When I say I am in a good place literally I same in a good place exactly according to its conventionally accepted meaning. The good…