September 5, 2024 Today is a fasting Thursday. This blog, intentionally funny, was written before in my socializing days. Today I am in blessed solitude. I had a sudden insight: I use my sense of…
This blog comes with parental advisement. Family planning in Islam with contain sexual terminology – how can it not? There are no diagrams and certainly no video as it was written in 1094. With that…
Stayed away from serious politics for a few days because there is a lot going on in my life – all good actually. Not going to Mecca or Medinah, staying here in Malaysia – definitely…
Last evening, just before sunset, I took myself for a walk on the beach – the beach surrounding this hotel. This rather messy beach is nothing like the beaches of that surround the Bahrain Rex…
August 28, 2024 Awoke at 4, deciding this early morning wakening was a call of prayer. Needless to say it was dark, the Lexis Suites lighting is poor. I suddenly remembered seeing a flashlight in…
My religious practices include The Beautiful Names of Allah. My inbox held an additional treasure; a Yaqyeen Institute blog T’he Significance of Allah’s name of al-Aziz: The Most Powerful and Dignified, The Introduction discusses the…
August 23, 2024 Woke this morning at 3:06 in the best of all moods, the very best. For several reasons, oh so many reasons, many of which I shall share.The August 22, 2100 found me…
That phrase came to me, haunting me, its meaning vaguely known. Thinking these strange flashes bring understanding investigated it more thoroughly. It is an idiom: there are clear signs that a situation is going to…
Yet again a few words of a song took over my mind. The times this happens are countless. My fingers fly to Google, the lyrics found – it is constantly amazing. This is no exception….
Oops I should have stayed here longer. I am absolutely loving my stay in the Bali Hilton Resort. I had no idea how wonderful it would be. I am a Hilton Honors Diamond member which…