Category: lifestyle

Oh My Goodness Gracious Me; My Response to a Reel Brings 507 Likes; Links to Two Instagram Posts; Found Old Emails Showing Positivity; My Serious Blogging is Becoming Tiresome, Bland and Boring; Humor Found on Ice Breakers for Elevator Rides; Determined to Try Some Ice Breakers; Photos of Sunsets, A Covered Me and a Book 

Oh my goodness, gracious me!  Goodness gracious me is an interjection expressing surprise. This is all good!! There was an amazing reel posted speaking of the program of education, the luxury  attending university in Saudi Arabia….

Overthinking, a Sin, I Do It; Quotations From Darker Side of Western Modernity; Overthinking a Special Form of Fear; 6 Tips for Overcoming It; Tragic Example of Mission Accomplished: Title Create the Thing You Wished Existed Extensively Explored: Other Titles Suggested: Prologue or Epilogue: Book Writing Not Usually Fun But Cover of Fun One Shown: Photos from My Day at Ithra; The Evils of Saudi Arabia Uber  

I do overthink. interestingly there is an Arab word for it: altafkir alzaayid ean allaazim. Needless to say it is impossible to pronounce – for me anyway. I know of the concept and do know…

The Promised Discourse on Arab Unity is not Happening; A Bad Dream and More Information Came My Way; So It is Back to My Prior Blogging;  I Do, And Always Tell the Truth, But Admittedly This Seems Unbelievable; Back on Track; Meeting Students and Learning of the Basket-in-School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Was Told That I Should Live in Egypt; I am a Success Says Winston Churchill; Photo’s of Hamza’s Medina School Event 

My January 27, 2023 blog ‘promised’ more discussion of Arab Unity but there have been some intervening influences. One of the influences was a dream, actually a nightmare. So frightening. I woke just prior to…

After a Day of Such Benefits, Such a Downer; The ICJ Ruling Brings Initial Dismay Turning Into Cautious Optimism with the Help of Al Jazeera; Arab Unity Would Provide the Answer in My Opinion; Quotes from my November 6 Blog; Scenery Photographs from Differing Eras and Locations

It was impossible to expect, or even wish,  for a day like yesterday, filled with greater hope, promise, gratitude and optimism. This I knew, nonetheless was totally unprepared for the horror of this morning.  News…

Wow, Mashallah, What a Friday!! Blow Your Socks Off Defined; A Hadith Saying What I Do is Not Lost; A Gift That Keeps on Giving: The Edge of a Gender Abyss; A Blog Written in Texts; Main Man Defined; Another Albert Einstein Wisdom; Perhaps A Dream Come True in Khobar; Unsolicited Advice: An Amazing Saudi Women’s Basketball Team Staying Here: Photos of the Team and Me and a Few of my Favorite Things

I am enjoying the most blessed of Fridays – the most blessed ever it seems I received a Hadith that will blow your socks off.  To blow your socks off is an idiom meaning to…

A Lesson in Learning to be More Literate in Arabic From a Valuable Website; A Near Tragedy Turns Into a Happy Ending With the Assistance of an Army of Helpful and Funny People; An Apple Store and Technician to the Rescue; Link to My New Youtube; An Unusual Photograph of Hope and Optimism; Definition of Sapling

I humbly admit to being excellent  in English. I can speak it, I can write it, I can DO English. But I an totally incapable of speaking, writing and doing any other language. Have a…

Al Jazeera Has Earned, and Continues to Win Praise;  Reports From a Special Section, Israel War on Gaza; News From There: No Mention of Israel’s War on Gaza at the World Economic Forum; Heads Will Roll Defined: Blinken and the 5 D’s; The Rich Get Rich, The Poor Get Poorer; Halfhearted Defined: My New Direction; Alhamdulillah: Continuing Cooking Class 

There is something to be said for being deprived of something (or someone). When it (or they) return, you are inestimably grateful. This is true of my involuntary absence from Al Jazeera, during my weeks of…