Month: May 2017
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Recovery
Five months gone with one long weekend a month practicing and learning yoga from the inside out. The connections made have been sweet and likely to be somewhat lasting, but only time will tell as we start to go our separate ways. We will always have our WhatsApp group, though to keep in touch. During…
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TWWs
So, my week started out fairly motivated and enthusiastic about getting into shape and then as the week wore on I started to feel tired and lazier. I have told myself that because I have a full weekend ahead of yoga that it is okay to take it easier during the week… 😛 I know…
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Podcast Fav 12: Up and Vanished
Well, it seems that I really cannot get away from these true crime podcasts. I try to mix it up when I finish a series, but inevitably I am drawn back. 😉 So, I had heard of Up and Vanished through the MFM podcast and decided to give it a go. The first episode left me…
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Sleepless in AD?
It has not happened yet, but I can feel the pattern beginning. Last night, I fell asleep peacefully around 10pm, woke up a little here and there, but suddenly at 11:44pm, I was awake. My mind began to move with thoughts and tinges of worry. We have given our two months notice for the apartment.…
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Panic Contagion
As I hope it is apparent by now, I am fascinated by the human condition. It amazes me what people do, think and instigate. Being someone who stays pretty calm most of the time, but is also greatly affected by the energy of others, I am often in an observatory mode when around other people…
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A Short Presence
For a while now we have been doing Airbnb with one of our rooms in our over-sized apartment. It is a way of making some extra money and also making use of the space. In previous years, I hosted guests on Couchsurfing. However, it is more difficult in this country to Couchsurf, but recently the…
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In the Quieting…
Things are starting to slow down a little bit or at least wind down with Ramadan coming soon and the summer life here in the desert. It is both good and bad. The good is that I will have a bit more free time to work on some other projects. I have a few lined…
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Yearly Fujairah Weekend
Ever since we met in 2014 we have taken a yearly trip to Fujairah as a getaway weekend. I remember our first one fondly as it was when we were just getting our hearts around the idea that love was in the air. Each year when we return, we re-connect and re-kindle the flames of…
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TWWs
It has been a slow exercise week. I am struggling a bit in getting myself into a proper workout routine outside of the yoga sessions. Perhaps I will be able to find some focus after we get away this weekend. I did try a new sequence used by the Ashtanga primary series via YouTube, which…
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Podcast Fav 11: Waking Up with Sam Harris
I became aware of Sam Harris through the Mindfulness Summit in 2015. He struck me as incredibly intelligent and as someone who would not choose a way of life without thorough study of it. When I first started on the podcasts, I started listening to Waking Up and found it fascinating. If you crave intellectual…
