Alexis McBride

August 13, 2023

Evidence of the Effectiveness of the Edmonton Escape; Nothing Left to Chance Defined: No Stone Unturned; You Can’t Get Something For Nothing: Taking Clean Teeth to Saudi Arabia; London Drugs Will Enlarge Two Photos; To Art of Cake for Two Treats; White Dress and Role Model Found; More Word Definitions; Another ‘Coincidence”; The Photos and Alexis’Abaya

I do admit to an excruciating ecstasy I find in naming – people, places, and things. Naming people takes the form of nicknames, The naming of things is more complex – Saudi Sojourn: my recent…

August 11, 2023

This is a Small World; Made Suddenly Smaller; Edmonton Seen as a Village by Three Disparate Individuals; Coincidence Defined and Illustrated by Article in Arab News; Email Conversation with AK; Baboon Instagram Views; Photos of Two Succeeding Sunsets and Refrigerator Magnets

Day before yesterday was a strange day, in oh-so-many ways. Traveling back from an appointment, then lunch in Spruce Grove (sort of a suburb of Edmonton). As we drove Manjinder Punia (his real name with…

August 9, 2023

To Blog or Not to Blog. That is the Question; Answer: I Did; A Nightmare Less to Ablution (Defined) Prayer, Peace of Mind; Cyca’s Walrus Article on Moral Superiority Cited Expensively; Photos of a Child’s Book and My Golden Hours Over the Years

I had decided to give me (and you) the day off. Even had a plan worked out with Computer Guru Chris. He and I are specializing in early morning conversations these days. Well, early morning…

August 8, 2023

Taking My Role of Ambassador Most Seriously; Evolving Business Plans; Researching What is an Ambassador; An Ambassador At Large Emerged From a July 31, 2023 Visit to the King Fahad National Library; The Shining Example of Dr. William Polk

Faithful readers are all too aware of the fact that I have assumed a new role in life. If you are confused, think of how I feel? I am the designated Ambassador of Eish’ha Tours…

August 7, 2023

Beginning With Humour Borrowed from Nissan of The New Yorker; The Inside Track on the Negotiations for My Muslim Marriage Dowry; Three Men Competing, One Real Old, The Other Two are Not; Then Comes The Real Reason I Am Moving to Saudi Arabia with References to the Quran; Photos of a Business Card That Explains and Explores Other Motivations; Me Having Fun at the Edge of the World.

I may not agree with the editorial policy of The New Yorker (if they have one) but their humour I absolutely love. The cartoons, Andy Borowitz (of course) and also a regularly appearing page called Shouts and Murmurs. This…

August 6, 2023

Continuation of Secular Self: Storytelling at Its Best, told by Parul Sehgal of the New Yorker; When the Story Betrays Us; The Narrative Spreads; Story of My Magazine to be Told; An Advance, Photos of the Find and the Thief

This blog shall continue in the secular ( not spiritual) methodology. The New Yorker, yet again, came to my rescue and inspired me. But even prior to this inspiration, do have to admit that I am an…

August 6, 2023

Video – Golden Hour – Over the Years

https://youtu.be/4eB7bFVf93A

August 5, 2023

My Secular Self; Secular and Holier-Than-Thou Defined: Trump’s New Fund Raising Email by Andy Borowitz; Canadian Wild Fires Bring Dangerous Hazy Days Says Dhruv Khullar: Catastrophe Strikes, No Phone Reception; Cartoons Exemplify Secular Emphasis

Now is the time for my secular self to come to the fore. I feel particularly gifted in that I can be both funny and serious; and secular and spiritual. I put both of this…

August 4, 2023

Now In Canada After Flying (or Being Stuck in a Montreal Airport) for Twenty-Five Hours; ;Two Idioms Describe the Arduous Journey; CCC to the Rescue: Home to The New Yorker Magazine Edition Providing News of the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Candidacy: Catch One’s Breath and Hit the Ground Running Defined; Save-On Grocery Praised; Tasks for Jet Lag Day Two Described; Cartoons and Photo of a Prayer Room Wall.

I am back in Edmonton after an arduous flight. Fourteen and a half hours from Riyadh to Montreal. It was not has bad as it sounds; Qatar Air Business Class was comfortable, efficient and down-right…

August 1, 2023

Now I Have A Nickname, WHOLE: It Explored; Initially With Humour and Then Spiritually: Eccentricity Taken From a 2019 Blog; Arab News Provides Insight and Information on the Islamic Faith, Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s Enormous Progress; Photos of Some Highlights From My Saudi Sojourn

Faithful readers will know that everyone (who is anybody) o is anybody in my life, has a nickname. It is one thing to invade my own privacy by writing this blog, telling all (well almost…