I have occasionally been asked if I was crazy. The following is one of the most precious questionnaires which took place by telephone ,some months ago.He: Granny, Can I ask you a question?Me: Well you…
To say the very least January 6, 2021 was a most confusing and disturbing day in these Excited States of America. President-Elect Biden, perfectly summarized the events of the day: “This is not dissent—it’s disorder,…
First of all let us discuss what enlighten means. The literal translation means: give (someone) spiritual knowledge. Its synonyms are: tell, make aware, open someone’s eyes, notify, illuminate, apprise, brief, update, bring up to date;…
A timely piece arrived from The New Yorker about resolutions. Why We Make Resolutions and Why They Fail was originally written in 2013 by Maria Konnikova “Dorian Gray’s patron, Lord Henry, when he hears Dorian’s…
These beautiful words begin my book on Islam. These words written by Farid Al-Dun”Attar from “The Conference of Birds”. “It is not or the next I craveBut, for one moment, to be called your slave—With…
I neglect to mention that pig-tailed me and Japanese lady are in the bathroom, it does lend an aura of poignancy to the situation. I did just recall that my pig-tailed photo had to be…
Upon first awakening I am not in a good mood, not today, not any morning. I guess my mood could be described as wistful which is defined as having or showing a feeling of vague…
My personal history reveals this fact. As one of my cousins prophetically said: “We are) a family of strangers” and we were ( are are now again). My six female cousins( and yours truly came…
Christmas morning, 2020 7:30 am, Corte Madera, California. Woke up early, of course realizing it was Christmas Day – a day not being celebrated because I am now a Muslim. I open the door of…
A previous blog spoke of my mornings in San Francisco – noisy, dirty, depressing – traffic streaming by for months and months although there were no people on the streets except for those walking their…