Alexis McBride

February 13, 2023

Forming Intentions; Getting Things Off My Chest First; Al Jazeera Speaks Out Biden’s Lack of An Effective Foreign Policy; Diplomat Alexis McBride Makes An Appearance Again; The Value of Truth; Instagram Photos of Prayer Room

Ramadan is almost upon us, forty days and counting. Ramadan is not just about fasting – believers should form Intentions – follow them during Ramadan, the idea being that the good habits of Ramadan should…

February 9, 2023

The Good Emanating From Instagram; Catastrophic Defined; Warning: Don’t Do Instagram When Bored: Several Examples Showing That Positive Posts Deserve Positive Responses Which are Appreciated by Many; All Work and No Play Makes For Dull; Liveliness Shown By Cartoons and Two Instagram Photos

Instagram is like life – ike our existence in this world. Instagram is both good and evil. It can promote and encourage good – it can promote and encourage evil. There are definitely evil individuals/corporations,…

February 7, 2023

Raucous Caught My Eye; Raucous From The New Yorker The Tale of an Iranian Artist Tala Madini; Fascinating Life But She Needs Ordinary Life Now; So Do I; Photographs From an Ordinary Saturday Depicting a Statue of Chief Crowfoot and a Painting of an Indigenous Alberta Lt. Governor; Word of The Present Alberta Lt. Governor; Ending With an Unlikely and Improbable Meeting Between a World Famous Jockey and an Old Lady

The title of an article in the January 22, 2023 New Yorker caught my eye: A Raucous Assault: How the Iranian Artist Tala Madini sees Men – and Women. It was riveting because, to be quite honest, I did not…

February 5, 2023

I am Truly Blessed in Every Way; Surrounded by Bounty: Bounty Defined; Successful Grocery Delivery by a Philippine N.A.I.T. Student; Stay on the Sunny Side; A Tour of the Alberta Legislative Building Brings Joy and Many Photographs; There is No Place Like Home

I am truly blessed in every way. I rest, writing from bed, surrounded by bounty. The literary definition of bounty is something given or occurring in generous amounts. That is such a generous definition. But…

February 4, 2023

A New Banner Announcing Stats!: A Possible New and Meaningful Addition to My Life: Meant to Be; Phenomena Defined; Lots of Catching Up to Do; ATM Rewards; Cause and Effect; Women’s Prayer Rooms; Photo of Lox and Hallway Wall

Observant readers will notice that there is something new. A Different Banner, A Different SubHeading. It Announces: Home About Me Books Gallery Stats! Stats is the newest edition. Decided it needed to be there, to…

February 2, 2023

A Discussion of Spirituality; Leading to Another Discussion of the Different Practices of Spirituality; Ikebana Became the Source and Expression of My Spirituality; Ikebana: Not Just Branches and Flowers; Photographs of Recent Offerings.

First of all it, is important to define spirituality. It is the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things. Wikipedia provides an excellent overview of…

February 1, 2023

The Walrus Brings Us One of the Last Studies of the After Effects of the Pandemic; The Walrus Mission Statement Finds Favor; It Seems My Brain was Affected by the Effects of the Pandemic But I SnapedBack; Staunch,Shoals and Intuitive Defined; Two Bulletin Boards Photographed with Their Paraphernalia Explained.

I have a new source of news and views which will guide me through the shoals of misinformation and the trivialities that we social medians face on a daily basis. Many definitions of shoals but…

January 31, 2023

Great News For Canada Brought by Qatar Owned and Operated Al Jazeera; Despite The Good News There was Absolutely Dreadful News of Palestine and Those Israelis and now Knowledge of What My US Tax Dollars Fund: Photos of Snow, Benches and Nearby Buildings.

The following fabulous news appeared in the January 30, 2023 edition of Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera is a major contribution to world news with reporters ‘stationed’ all over – including Canada (of all places). This…

January 29, 2023

Back to My Original Inspiration and Goal; Feminism and the Right of Women: Alexis’Idiomatic Explanation of the Rise and Fall of the USA; Not Fleishman in Trouble But the Stripping of Women’s Selves: A Remedy for Angst; Photo Taken in Khrome Nail’s New Location.

I read extensively, the reading is not limited to the Islamic faith although that my major concentration. A source of, shall we shall call, more earthly ‘delights,’ is The New Yorker, the magazine edition is delivered weekly…

January 28, 2023

What a Difference a Year Makes; The Rather Accidental Discovery of the Alexis (aka Sheikha Fatimah) of a Year Ago; What a Difference a Day Makes, the Song and the Truth Behind it, Drivel Defined with Its Fabulous Synonyms; Quotes from January 1, 2022 Blog; True Circumstances Revealed; Hypocrite Defined and Illustrated: A Great Fish and Chip Meal at the Legislative Cafeteria. Photos of Food, Me and ATM machine

Do admit that I took the title from that terribly romantic song: “What a Difference a Day Makes”. It is actually utter drivel but it inspiring (if you lack education and credibility.) First, we shall…