Alexis McBride

August 1, 2024

New Prayer Practices Have Led to Greater Knowledge and Appreciation of the Quran; Chapter 87 Most Enlightened and Meaningful to Me: New Improved Selfies Found on YouTube; Man is a Creature of Haste; Beautiful Names Book; Power Outage Brings Cookies and Chocolates: View From Bathtub in New Room, Note and Illustration of Beautiful Names

A previous blog discussed the difficulties I have experienced in developing prayer habits and rituals suitable to both my physical and intellectual needs. This is a continuation, a sequel, a follow up, of sorts to…

July 29, 2024

American Politics According to Alexis; Then Onto Something Important, AL-MAKIR, the Planner, Prayer Practices Slowly Learned as the Dawn of My Islamic Faith Happened During the Pandemic; Examples of Adaptations Made; Photo of Breakfast Notes and The View From My December 2022 Umrah Hotel

July 25, 2024This morning at breakfast the television transmitted tawdry snippets of USA politics. The problem with television ‘reporters’ is they have no sense of history. They do not have the time as they can…

July 27, 2024

A Washington Standing Ovation Leads to a Tahjjud Prayer; Then Researching Turn,Turn Turn Brought Some Hope; Always Searching for the Truth; Phots Revealing the Accomplishment of Malaysian Scarf Tying; Do not Be Shy Subscribe to my YouTube Channel

Woke up early devastated by news of the standing ovation made by the evil politicians in Washington coupled with the futility of any protest I made against the atrocity on Instagram.Atrocity is an extremely wicked…

July 26, 2024

Writing in a State of Stunned Shock and Disbelief; Lamenting with my Alter Ego over the Wildfire Devastation of Jasper, Alberta; My Empathy Brings Me Misery; Prayer Brings Relief; A Trick Question Brings Some Humor and Photos and Reel Humanity

I am trying to find the words to describe my emotional state. Words describing emotions are very familiar as I have spent decades in psychotherapy. One does not magically recover from horrendous abuse – it…

July 24, 2024

The World Has Turned Topsy Turvy; Evidence of Topsy Turvy World Found on Al Jazeera; At First Despair Then Slowly Optimism and Hope Returned; Solution Shared: Red Baseball Hal Purchased; Wrapped with a Scarf; Photos of Hat and a View

The world has, in my eyes, turned topsy-turvy, in ways that may fundamentally effect me. Learned of two rather earth-shaking things two days ago. It was my own fault! I decided to catch up on…

July 23, 2024

Have You Ever Seen the Rain; The Lull Before the Storm; Immediacy Defined; A Nightmare Inspires a Night time Prayer Leading to Further Inspiration: A Day of Delight: World Turned Topsy Turvy; Al Jazeera Article Brings US Political Insights

July 23, 2024 The beginning portion of the blog was written three days ago – but SO much is happening, everything has gone topsy-turvy.. in every way. It is certain, one hundred per cent…

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…

July 18, 2024

Best Sixty Days Ever; Loving this Penang; Walking a Tightrope But Finally Reaching Safety; Having a New Man in my Life Brings Joy; I Prefer Adam; Photos of a Spectacular Sunrise, a Vibrant Me, Reel Saying Hello Malaysia

Dateline: July 15, 2024 Realized suddenly, and with a start, that I have been in Malaysia, in Penang for sixty days today, two whole months. More precisely and accurately I have been in Lexis Suites…

July 16, 2024

The Trump So-Called Assassination Attempt; A Shout Out to Canada; Brief Description of That Political Scene; A Long Cautionary Tale of Good Prevailing Over Evil; Photographs of Gift Giving; A Bracelet and Donuts

July 16, 2024 Yesterday morning I read the news of Trump’s so-called assignation attempt in Al Jazeera. Read it in total dismay as this somehow will elevate him. The timing of perfect for him to secure…

July 14, 2024

Discerning Readers Please Take Note; Discern Defined; Thank You Email to Computer Guru Brings Blushes; Prior Email Discussing New Directions for the Blog; Good to His Word; I Good to my Word Giving You Links to Instagram Posts; A Sticker Day Photos

Discerning readers (there must be 2 or 3 of you out there) will notice that the format of this blog has changed. The most significant change is that there is now a Gallery, containing photographs…