religion Archives - Alexis McBride

February 16, 2025

Back on the Straight and Narrow: Christian and Islamic Paths Compared; Significance of Jesus According to Gary Wills; Jesus Loves Me Lullaby Refashioned: Secular Matters Discussed: Perfume Blending Workshop at Lyf; Not Alaa Aura, Instead Alexis One: Definition of Dormant: Quote by Somerset Maugham; Photo of Truffle Fries; Amanda, the Perfume Lady and Her Business Card

I am back on the straight and narrow. Giving up my foodie, fun-loving persona. If you keep on the straight and narrow, you behave in a way that is honest and moral. The straight and…

January 14, 2025

The Life of a Peripatetic Refugee: Peripatetic Defined: I Shall Be the First Long Term Guest Yet Again, First in Vancouver, Now in Penang; Al Jazeera Speaks of the Dangers Trump Poses to Canada, Greenland and Panama: Quran Chapter 03 Reassures; More Reassuring Words From a Friend; Foodie Photos

A word came to me on the elevator coming down to breakfast. It was peripatetic, did not know the meaning of the word but when I looked it up realized that it perfectly described my…

January 1, 2025

New Beginnings, A New Year; Previous Annus Horribilis, Mine and the Windsors; 2024 New Year’s Eve Peaceful. Not So 2023 as Shown by YouTube Reels; Coming Back to Life at Lyf; Lyf Contrasted to E and O Colonial Luxury Hotel; Photos of Delicious Breakfast and Old Hotel

Thank goodness, thank my lucky stars, Alhamduillah 2024 is behind me (and us). Thank my lucky stars means to be grateful for something.2024 has been a terrible year. For me anyway. I do remember that…

July 20, 2024

Peace, the Word of the Hour of the Hour of the Hour, the Day; Hopefully the Century and the Hopefully the Millennium; Day; Former Blog Brings Back Acquired Knowledge; Instagram Post Inspires; Conjure Defined; Words and Humor from My Anonymous Family; Photos of Book Inscriptions and Shirt

Peace is the word that came to me on the morning of July 18, 2024. . Of course, peace is central to the the Islamic Faith. It is mandatory to speak of the prophet in…

December 22, 2023

Leaving the Womb of the Medina Oberio Hotel; Caesarian Explored; Obedience Defined, Explained and Contrasted; A Replay of My December 25, 2022 Blog; Two Reels, One Also on Instagram

I leave this womb tomorrow. Since it is planned it must be a a Caesarian section. Hahaha!!! The origins of that word are fascinating, something unknown until a few minutes ago. Dates from the early…

December 16, 2023

Christmas 2023; Christmas Music is Actually Motivational and Spiritual; Mundane Defined; The Plight of the Humane Christians During This Time Where the Baby Jesus Would Have Been Blown to Smithereens; Compassion and Pity Are Blessings and a Defense Against Anger and Pity; A Condensed Story of the Factual Birth of Jesus; Photographs of a Wordy Scholarly Pamphlet

I know that it is the Christmas season. Alter Ego: How do you know Alexis? You are living in Medina – to say the very least the people in that chosen city are not celebrating…

September 24, 2023

Saudis Know How to Do Things; An Absolutely Unbelievable Saudi National Day: Saudi Facts, Saudi Fun and Constitution Compared to Canadian and US Versions; In My Life; Boisterous and a Bedouin Tent Reel; Photos of Celebrants and a Camel and His Caretaker

I constantly am shaking my head in sheer wonderment. Me: Those Saudi’s know how to do things!! Alter Ego: What do you mean? Me: Absolutely everything they do. If is totally mind boggling! Entirely!!! Alter…

August 28, 2023

New Revised About Me; The Final Edition

The About Me section of this blog has been ‘revised’ several times. It is time to do it again, as again circumstances have changed. Not only the circumstances but the Who I Am Has Changed. I am…

February 3, 2021

No Need to Develop Decorum; An Eligible Husband Found and Then Lost; Decorum and Impropriety Defined; A Surprise Call from a Valued Caller; A Joke About Revenge; Walking Away When Duped; The Attack of the Clothes Moths

These last three or four days have been filled with momentous events. Most of them quite horrible, they will be slowly explained. But, in the long run, everything has turned out Ok – I am…

January 28, 2021

Back to the Middle East, Ignored So Long; Peachy Keen for the Emir of Qatar; Conversation with Care Giver About the Nature of Love; Conversation with Old/New Guy; I Shall Return Says Alexis to Fans; Photograph Showing the Two Unicorns Illustrating Ambivalence and Two Life Styles

This blog was to feature the concept of evil in the Islamic faith, but changed my mind. Perhaps the next blog as it is partially written. Faithful readers will wonder what happened to my obsession…