Ramadan Day 12

The mosque is a fascinating place really.  There are a few other mosques in town that service the outer lying areas, but the one that I go to is what we call the main mosque.   It’s been there a long time - my friends all grew up there and they are all as old as [...]

Ramadan Day 11

So we’ve passed through the first ten days of Ramadan and I feel as though I want to backtrack a little and recapture some of the spent time.  I don’t feel as if I benefited enough.  I guess you can never really benefit enought though.  I have a little bit of time off right now [...]

Ramadan Day 4

Just came back from my brother M’s house.  He called me at work and told me he would pick me up so I could have iftar with him and my youngest brother.  It was nice - his wife had cooked a leg of lamb, which was amazing.  I don’t eat a lot of red meat (actually [...]

Ramadan Day 3

I feel like guano right now.  My allergies which have become a living breathing entity, are trying to kill me.  And I’m about to start a 2 hour trek across town - which could have been done yesterday except it wasn’t.  So it’s today.  With Saturday bus service.  I need to find my earphones stat.

Ramadan Begins

Ramadan is here - I made it to another one!  I’m hoping I’ll benefit from it instead of just going through the motions.  I have a lot of things I want to try and accomplish this month - I’m exited to get it all going.  Even though I’m by myself again :(  I find Ramadan can [...]

Relection on the passing of a stranger

Last night was a particularly sad one at work.  We had a little old lady pass away - which in itself is not so unusual.  What was heart-renching was her husband.  He came and was so completely lost.  He was dazed, could barely make eye contact, he had almost shut down.  To make matters worse [...]

A Fabulous Sunday

Yesterday our little city was blessed with two spectacular events.  We had Haji Noor Deen give us an Islamic Calligraphy workshop and we had a poetry reading by Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore.  It was a dream come true to have two such wonderful people visit us.
Haji Noor Deen demonstrated his amazing abilities - watching him was incredible…what he [...]

Maestro 1935-2007

I don’t remember exactly when I fell in love with opera.  I do remember putting my foot down when my brothers complained about my weekend opera ritual.  I had to put up with watching every sport imagineable, all year round, all the time - and I believe I acquiesced gracefully enough
And when I think of opera [...]

Weekend Recap

Chicago with the girls was fun.  It’s been about ten years since I’ve been to an ISNA conference.  We decided to go just for the fun of it - no expectations at all.  We stayed at a hotel right across the street which was pretty handy, even though the service left a lot to be [...]