Category: lifestyle

Pajama Day: Staying in From the Din: Din Defined; Unsuccessful Efforts to Control Clamorous Kids; Some Relief From Sympathetic Staff But Retreat the Best Solution; Out of Hardship Comes Benefit; Quotes from the Quran; Accomplishments Come From Peace of Mind; A Resume From the Trump Hotel May Have Relevance Here in the Olerio: Reel of an Austin, Texas Free Palestine Demonstration; Incongruous Defined.   

Today I am having a blessed pajama day. I have been having them for years, however, not in the very recent past. This is how a pajama day works: I stay in all day –…

Sword of Damocles Became An Obsession: Learned Its Meaning from Wikipedia; Strain/Cudgel Your Brain: A Strange Encounter with a Guy in a Thobe and Baseball Cap Turns Totally Unbelievable; Play By Ear and Benefit of the Doubt as it Relates to Guy in Baseball Cap; Another Reel on Palestine Despite Promises 

It happened again! I became obsessed with a phrase not knowing its meaning. I finally give way, (so to speak), go to Google and get to down and dirty (hahaha) research. This time it was…

Positivity Prevails: Do Not Count Chickens Before They Are Hatched; A Typical Saudi Conversation; All Aboard for Adventure Explored: A Buffet Breakfast Brings Joy, With a Touch of Sorrow; Ebullient Defined; All Praise to the Medinah Oberlio Hotel: The Importance of Friday Prayer; Photos of Lobby, a Sushi Platter, B & W Me and Wonder Woman Boots

The daily blog was almost written, the word count was over one thousand. The title was chosen: Cushy Job, Mull and Microcosm Defined With Examples.  Good and Bad News From Edmonton. But events of yesterday…

News From California Brings Warning to Alberta: Unlikely Gives Way to Improbable: May Anne Provides An Invaluable Marin Public Health Update; Saudi Coronavirus Status; Marin County Wastewater Analysis Signals Return of the Mutated Virus; Preparations Being Made in Contrast to Edmonton, Alberta; Efforts to Terminate Lease Frustrating; Thobe Defined with Grandson Photo; Framed Photos of Edmonton Spectacular Sunsets 

All of this is utterly, entirely and completely unlikely. Unlikely is not a strong enough word, there must be another. Improbable is a slight improvement: unexpected and apparently inauthentic. The origins of this word does…

Leftovers and Then Arab Unity; The Conclusion from Islam in Perspective, Followed by a Suggestion to Arab Leaders which Would Result on Them Being on the Same Page; Only MBS Can Pull it Off; A Liar Hoisted in His Own Petard Makes a Brief Appearance in My Life: Head on Chopping Block; A Simple Dua For All; Photos of Earlier Times and Palestine; Peace Not Apartheid

  Such a catchy beginning to the title. Leftovers and then Arab Unity. It makes me laugh and entices me to read more. But I cannot, being that I an the writer not the reader….

A Little Humour Can Go a Long Way; Andy Horowitz of the New Yorker to the Rescue; Being a Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs; Being an Alexis Anomaly; Defined; A Refuge in the Best Refuge Camp in the Whole World; More Thoughts on Palestine But Then Back to Humor on the Rainy Highway; Reel of Windshield Wipers and Alexis Sipping Arab Coffee in Starbucks

I readily admit that I have gotten far too serious of late. I also readily admit that my seriousness, concern and massive research has done absolutely nothing to remedy the genocide taking place in Gaza….