Another Unusual Day; This One for Entirely Different Reasons; Great Weather, A Resolved Misunderstanding: An Arabic ‘I Love You’: The Meaning of the Found Name of Mansour; Definition and Examples of Eavesdropping; Smithereens; Another WhatsApp Exchange with Noor; Photos of a Precious Little Girl; and Some GiFs

This was an extremely unusual day, yet again. I awoke to a glorious day, the sky was brilliantly blue, both Ithra and the Kohbar Water Tower were where they always were. Such a relief that…

An Utterly Unusual Day: Definitely a Bad Weather Day; Problems with Being Too Popular; Busy on WhatsApp with Muslims; Computer Guru Celebrating Fiftieth with Wife and Dog; Forced Into the World of Digital Keys; Cursed, Foiled Again; Wow, Weather From the New Yorker; Servant of the Merciful: Photographs of Weather Conditions; A Dog; Meaning of An Arab Name and Me at Breakfast 

Today is an utterly unusual day in every way. I shall include a photograph of the view outside my window. It is white, with zero visibility. If I was in Edmonton, the cause would be…

Being True to One’s Word; Importance of Steadfastness; Further Reading Fasting For Ramadan Finds Feet of Clay, Chinks in Armor: Absolved of Arrogance But Now a Reluctant Reader; Playful Ramadan Day with Noor: Back in Touch with Medina Friends; Photos of Medina in Saner Times; The Time is Always Ripe to Do Right

True to my word, as always,  I continued to read Fasting for Ramadan: Notes From a Spiritual Practice. I am now where I am supposed to be, on the proper day – on the same…

Peaked; More Than One Meaning as Shown Here; An Amusing Job Offer; Adventures in the Mall of Dhahran From 20-2; ElectoRush to the Rescue; Roses Gifted and Received: Statistics Bring Joy and News that I Have Arrived, Though the Journey Has Been Arduous; Photos of Art, a Sunset; Deflated Balloons, Laughter, a Hadith; Perhaps a Video of Life is so Good These Days 

Every day and in every way the staff at this hotel is looking more, shall we say peaked. One meaning of peak is mountain top – they are not looking like mountain tops. It can…

Pity the Poor Working Folk; Languor the Result of Fasting But Benefits of Harmony for Society; One Benefit, a Jon Stewart Video; Saudi’s Sending of Ramadan Mubarak  Explained; Likened to Christmas Cards; Giving Up Food not People for Ramadan; Experiencing the Joys and Delights of Iftar; Photos of Greetings, Food, the Head Chef and Blue-Eyed Queen 

I have so much sympathy for those poor people who have to work during Ramadan. I could NEVER do it. The languor and the laziness I feel is overpowering.  Languor is a word that accurately…

Ramadan Day One: Finally Learning the Difference Between Breakfast and Break Fast: Two Sahuras Under My Belt; Some Strange Truths From the Ithra Library Book; Fall off the Face of the Earth and Silent Majority Defined; Photos of the Salad and Dessert Break Fast Buffet, a Photo of Me and a New Friend; And the Photographer’s Identity

It is now 8:30 on March 11, 2024. A most unusual day. This is not the Ramadan I knew and loved. A quiet, solitary,  purposeful, dedicated, lonely time. I am surrounded by sociable Muslims.   Scores…