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March 25, 2024

An Utterly Unusual Day: Definitely a Bad Weather Day; Problems with Being Too Popular; Busy on WhatsApp with Muslims; Computer Guru Celebrating Fiftieth with Wife and Dog; Forced Into the World of Digital Keys; Cursed, Foiled Again; Wow, Weather From the New Yorker; Servant of the Merciful: Photographs of Weather Conditions; A Dog; Meaning of An Arab Name and Me at Breakfast

Today is an utterly unusual day in every way. I shall include a photograph of the view outside my window. It is white, with zero visibility. If I was in Edmonton, the cause would be…

March 24, 2024

Being True to One’s Word; Importance of Steadfastness; Further Reading Fasting For Ramadan Finds Feet of Clay, Chinks in Armor: Absolved of Arrogance But Now a Reluctant Reader; Playful Ramadan Day with Noor: Back in Touch with Medina Friends; Photos of Medina in Saner Times; The Time is Always Ripe to Do Right

True to my word, as always, I continued to read Fasting for Ramadan: Notes From a Spiritual Practice. I am now where I am supposed to be, on the proper day – on the same…

March 23, 2024

Take Good Care of Yourself: Button Up Your Overcoat; The Vital Importance of Self Care in the Islamic Faith; Many Inspiring Passages From Fasting for Ramadan; Reflecting and Identifying With the Passages; Texting with Noor; Photographs of Me, Melons, Sunsets and Proof of Self Care

The strange phenomena that happens to me, happened yet again. I cannot get the words of a song out of my head. The words of a song kept reverberating in my head; ‘Take Good Care…

March 22, 2024

Better Late Than Never; Saving the Best for Last; Distraction Caused by Vomiting Overcome; Pertinent Scott Fitzgerald Quotes; Best for Last is Fasting for Ramadan: Notes from a Spiritual Practice; My Ingestion of Food Proven to be the Problem: Photographs Taken in Mosques

Better Late Than Never may become the title of the book I am writing. Its chief competitor for the title is my original inspiration No Mosques for Me. My January 30 and February 1, 2024 playfully played…

March 20, 2024

Moving Up in the World; First Six Star Saudi Arabia Hotel; Reporting on Saudi Ramadan Practices: The Tie That Binds Severed: You Have a Huge Heart; A Response to Its Not Easy Being So Loved; Two Reels: Two Photos, a Huge Heart and a Purse

This blog is becoming rather crowded with WhatsApp conversations with other Muslims. We WhatsApp back and forth, texting. Occasionally I tire of slow typing and use the microphone. One man calls occasionally but mostly it…

March 17, 2024

Peaked; More Than One Meaning as Shown Here; An Amusing Job Offer; Adventures in the Mall of Dhahran From 20-2; ElectoRush to the Rescue; Roses Gifted and Received: Statistics Bring Joy and News that I Have Arrived, Though the Journey Has Been Arduous; Photos of Art, a Sunset; Deflated Balloons, Laughter, a Hadith; Perhaps a Video of Life is so Good These Days

Every day and in every way the staff at this hotel is looking more, shall we say peaked. One meaning of peak is mountain top – they are not looking like mountain tops. It can…

March 14, 2024

Instagram Then and Now; Some Positivity, Time for a Little Humour; Some Found in a New Yorker of 2019; The Good Old Days; A Long Kept Secret Revealed; Photos of My Doll Fatima and the Place of Her Conception, Ithra Children’s Museum

I am taking an Instagram Recess but admit that did an Instagram peek. Did not scroll through looking to see what was happening to other people, rather looked to see what was happening with…

March 13, 2024

Pity the Poor Working Folk; Languor the Result of Fasting But Benefits of Harmony for Society; One Benefit, a Jon Stewart Video; Saudi’s Sending of Ramadan Mubarak Explained; Likened to Christmas Cards; Giving Up Food not People for Ramadan; Experiencing the Joys and Delights of Iftar; Photos of Greetings, Food, the Head Chef and Blue-Eyed Queen

I have so much sympathy for those poor people who have to work during Ramadan. I could NEVER do it. The languor and the laziness I feel is overpowering. Languor is a word that accurately…

March 12, 2024

Ramadan Day One: Finally Learning the Difference Between Breakfast and Break Fast: Two Sahuras Under My Belt; Some Strange Truths From the Ithra Library Book; Fall off the Face of the Earth and Silent Majority Defined; Photos of the Salad and Dessert Break Fast Buffet, a Photo of Me and a New Friend; And the Photographer’s Identity

It is now 8:30 on March 11, 2024. A most unusual day. This is not the Ramadan I knew and loved. A quiet, solitary, purposeful, dedicated, lonely time. I am surrounded by sociable Muslims. Scores…

March 10, 2024

Preparation for Ramadan 2024 Continues; A Recess From Both Instagram and the News Media Contemplated: A Blog From October 2020 Reveals Discrepancies Between Then and Now Both Personal and Political; Discussion With Intelligent Saudi Woman Brings a Possible Explanation; Photos of Ramadan Preparation and Two Book Covers

This is the Sunday March 10, the day before Ramadan. Recently, every day, and in every way, I am getting ready for Ramadan 2024. The preparation for Ramadan includes the formation of Intentions. Intentions whose observance…