I do absolutely love it when someone agrees with me – I take an outspoken stand on a subject, a topic or a person – then later someone chimes in and says:They: You are right…
Made the decision to get the Marin Independent Journal online when leaving in mid November. I read it now with an increasing detachment. This feeling matches two definitions of detachment: the state of being objective…
Ok Ok Okay – things have gotten dour in this blog. So sorry! Dour is relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance. Tell me about it, you say! I have been reading this…
I have stopped writing about the virus because it is so boring and so ‘yesterday’s news. But there is actually some rather surprising data coming from several sources. This from a November 30, 2021 newsletter…
I have begun to establish my own rituals as I am submerged more deeply into the faith. Prayer at sunrise is followed by a reading from the Qur’an which is done at random. It was…
I am trying to be mindful of my Western readers even as I sink further into the Middle East. Being mindful is a state of mind which should be practiced by all (including me) more…
First of all Instagram. Texted Grandson today:Me: I cannot get on Instagram. Password problem. I think I am not supposed to be on it right now. It is strange. Seems Allah does not want me…
It suddenly struck – that I am an anomaly, it struck me without a great deal of joy. There is no doubt that I am something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected….
On this the third day of my stay at this marvelous Rixos Resort I realize that I have been running on empty for months and months and months. I can finally relax – finally –…
It is definitely time for a little humor as these blogs are getting far too serious. Yet again Andy Borowitz arrives right on target and on topic discussing Thanksgiving: “ As an event dreaded by…