Faithful readers will remember that on February 11, 2023 I tripped and fell getting out of a taxi. At first it seemed that my face bore the brunt of my clumsiness, but two weeks later…
I was looking for a word to describe the happenings of today but one eluded me, usually words come unbidden. The closest I could come is role reversal, defined as a situation in which someone…
Today is March 25, 2023, it is now 10:30, the third day of Ramadan 2023 and at this moment I feel thoroughly, entirely, completely blessed. You: Why? Me: Because it is snowing. You: What is…
I suddenly remember the saying: A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. I am not going to let that get in the way of my next pronouncement. I was reading the YaQueen Institute’s…
I am for some obscure and unremembered reason Alexis McTwit on Instagram. Although it was amusing, it was rather stupid. I communicate with important people sometimes even Royalty trough Instagram and it is the only…
First the bad news. Depending on where one lives in this wide world, the hours of Ramadan requires differing fasting periods. Here is a list of the longest fasting hours. – Nuuk, Greenland: 17 hours…
My Inbox brought encouraging words from Al Jazeera which shall now be conveyed to you. It was speaking of agreements reached between Saudi Arabia and Iran. This agreement has been blessed by China. “Removing misunderstandings…
These are incredibly busy times – so busy that I am not blogging everyday. Blogging was an activity that gave me sustenance over the years, so its absence is giving me pause. In usual form,…
I wax eloquently, and recently rather continually, about my blog statistics, however, I am seeing that this is futile and rather meaningless. (Warning: It does not mean that I am going to abandon this preoccupation,…
Yesterday was International Women’s Day – much fanfare and recognition. I, myself made a contribution. But today, here anyway, is Guy Day. The trusty January 30, 2023 magazine editor of the New Yorker in the Book Section…