I have landed on my feet. This is a WhatsApp conversation with Mona. She was my trainer at the Oberio Hotel – she of Moaning with Mona fame. She: Everything seems to be working…
Yesterday I spoke of the ephemeral qualitity of flowers, surrounded by dying species which had previously brought great delight. After finishing writing, and performing chores returned to my room, glancing at the newly cleaned and…
This song echoed in my mind this morning. – here had the Bahrain Ritzy Carlton. First to speak of my recent hedonistic life and then onto the song itself. Looking up the meaning of hedonistic…
Well, it is, most unusual. For one thing I am tired, rather exhausted – this is not a good thing as today is my cooking class. I get to wear by chef’s hat with my…
I can see clearly now. That song resonated eons ago. It had huge meaning then and it does now under totally different circumstances. Could not be more different. Here are the lyrics. You must YouTube…
Although in many ways I have lived a blessed life, there have been some, shall we say, down sides. A downside is the negative aspect of something otherwise regarded as good or desirable. Again the…
I sit in the vast cavernous lobby of the Bahrain Ritz Carlton, waiting for some assistance from Sunny, the concierge who knows everything and tells me what is going on – free of charge. He…
The plan was to announce my New Year’s Resolution in today’s blog. But, for various reasons, I got distracted. Met a man at the breakfast bar the other morning, I think he said his name…
My life is so incredibly blessed – the blessings abound. Abound is, again, the perfect word. Abound, a verb: exist in large numbers or amounts. Used in a sentence: Rumors of a further scandal abound….
Each and every New Year is heralded with The Best Of Lists, here, there and everywhere. I do love that phrase; here, there and everywhere. I was surprised to see that it is a song,…