Alexis McBride

September 25, 2023

Update From Yesterday’s Blog; My Feet Have Touched the Ground; Room For Improvement Needed; Learning the Error of My Ways; Zip Your Lip; I Don’t Get No Respect; Wondrous Plans Evolving: Photos of Flowers, a Card and Handsome Arab Men

I am becoming slightly more realistic about. Saudis. As the expression goes: My feet have touched the ground: actually with a bit of a thud. If you say that someone has their feet on the…

September 24, 2023

Saudis Know How to Do Things; An Absolutely Unbelievable Saudi National Day: Saudi Facts, Saudi Fun and Constitution Compared to Canadian and US Versions; In My Life; Boisterous and a Bedouin Tent Reel; Photos of Celebrants and a Camel and His Caretaker

I constantly am shaking my head in sheer wonderment. Me: Those Saudi’s know how to do things!! Alter Ego: What do you mean? Me: Absolutely everything they do. If is totally mind boggling! Entirely!!! Alter…

September 23, 2023

An Excellent Way to Start the Day; Improbable Defined: Chill of a Dark Winter Needed To Cherish Summer’s Warmth; Chill of a Dark Winter is Canada; Saudi Arabia a Warm Bright Summer; Muddle Defined; Reel Showing a Tourist Free. Destination With Many Birds

My life seems so improbable, but it is real. I am not imagining anything. As I write it is 4:20 September 23, which happens to be Saudi National Day. Writing was interrupted because the alarm…

September 22, 2023

Missed an Earlier Instagram Like to a Response; Link Provided; Jet Lag Postponed Not Avoided; Negotiating a Muslim Marriage Contract; An Analogy to Riding a Bike; Trepidation Experienced and Described; An Oasis Instead of a Desert; A Reel of Saudi National Day Preparation; Photograph of a Building Bathed in Green, Flowers and a Welcoming Card

Somehow I missed this. In my blurry jet lagged state of mind I suddenly saw on Instagram that I had received 399 Likes to one of my responses. That is huge, gigantic even. A black…

September 20, 2023

Welcome Back is the Refrain at the Riyadh Hilton; Groggy Defined and Experienced; The First Class Lounge in Doha is Heaven on Earth For Many Reasons; William and Beryl Meet, Fall and Love and are Married Thanks to Alex; Finally Learn I have a Passion for This Blog

I am back in Riyadh, arriving at 3 in the morning, after a seven hour layover in the Hammond International Airport in Doha, Do not feel sorry for me. The First Class Lounge is the…

September 19, 2023

If You Could Only See Me Now; Multitasking at its Worse; Alaska Air to Seattle to Doha; Meeting Wonderful People on the Way; Reading the New Yorker of Jacqueline

I do not believe in multitasking but there is no question about this – I am stupidly, supremely multitasking at this precise moment. I am sitting at the Edmonton Airport – got here early, checked…

September 17, 2023

REPOST – The Prayer of the Prophet (PBUH) When the Last Grave Had Been Filled; The Names of the Martyrs Found in a Book Purchased in Medinah; The Cover of the Heavy Book Where the Spelling is Ohoud; Things Are Darkest Before the Dawn Brought Me Hope; The Names of the Martyrs, Fatima Visited the Graves Often

(First Published 2023/06/22) It is excruciatingly painful to read of the death of the martyrs, so eloquently expressed in the pages of Martin Lings’ Muhammad: The Life Based on the Earliest Sources. These words must be read…

September 16, 2023

Positivity Continues to Prevail; News of the Decline of the British Monarchy; Canada Urged to Follow the Example of Barbados; A Two Percent Gain for Premier Smith; Positive Responses to Video of New Hair Style; Photo of Saudi Flag and Flower Arrangement

I did neglect to mention this when reporting the 2i7 Likes to my positive message of support for MBS compared to the number of negative hits (217 to 6) . One of the negative individuals…

September 14, 2023

The Concluding Chapter of the Story But First News of My Next Trip; 217 Instagram Likes to only 6 Insults; More Positivity Concerning the Red Sea; The Red Sea Concluding Chapter Brings a Happy Ending; One Photograph of an English Sign; Two of Alexis at the Graves of the Martyrs in July 2023

Soon this blog shall speak of the concluding chapter of the story of my photograph. But first news of my next trip to Saudi Arabia. It has to be told through Instagram feedback because feedback…

September 12, 2023

A Momentous Occasion, Today on 9/11 Made Reservations to Return to Saudi Arabia; Momentous Defined and Illustrated; Coming Home; An Unusual Encounter on Edmonton Streets Leads to Information on the Literacy of Saudi Women; Another Story to Be Told; Photo of My Prayer Wall and Staff at the Riyadh Hilton

It is happening! I am definitely eager to return to Saudi Arabia and FINALLY everything is coming together on this day. 9/11, the day whose repercussions. spelled such devastation and horror to Muslims the whole…