Author: Tara
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My History is Worse Than Yours….
Interestingly, I wrote the title of this post last week after a conversation with my friend that I mentioned in my post about perspectives being relative. Yesterday, I went to a book club (yep! and more on that later), where we were discussing the atrocities experienced by the tribes of Congo by the Europeans –…
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Meditating
After a barely successful attempt at staying sane last week, I decided that I needed to refocus on ensuring that I get myself sitting each day to meditate. The truth is that I have been out of practice and a little bit lax on the meditating scene lately. While I do try to keep my…
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Weekend in Dubai
I was away from my computer and Abu Dhabi this weekend, so I could not really post. It was a nice 24-hr break away from the crazy realities of life these days. When we were in Bali everyone was keen to organize a monthly get-together when we were all back in the UAE to keep…
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Housewife Networking Part 2
Not too long ago I wrote about my initial networking activities of late. This morning I went to the American Women’s Network (AWN) coffee morning for the first time. Now when I first arrived I attended an AWN meeting, which was very different as it was in someone’s home with just a few people. After that…
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It’s All Relative
At the end of last week as I was visiting with a friend I could feel the skin around my mouth itching and a familiar tingle on the edge of my lip. Hoping that it was not what I thought it was, I tried to ignore it. Despite my attempts, the tingling got worse and…
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Random Thoughts
Cannot quite decide on what topic to write about today, so will go with some jumbles. First, as promised, here is my dinner from Day 1 of the 21-day Sugar Detox. It ended up being quite tasty though it could have used a bit more flavoring. Still, not a bad recipe for Spinach-Cilantro Meatballs. I…
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A New 21-Days Starting Today
Day 1: Just a couple of months ago I finally wrote up about _The 21-day Sugar Detox…_ book that I read. Just about a year ago, I also did a light version of the detox with a friend, though we both had cheat days for alcohol since our husbands are British and well, the Brits…
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Cat Love
It has been a while since I have posted on the fur balls (okay, maybe only a month ago… 😛 ), so I thought it might be time to share a few recent pics. A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine here who is starting a pet photography business (Shim Photography) here came…
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_The Night Counter_ by Alia Yunis
_The Night Counter_ by Alia Yunis Shortly after I arrived in the UAE, I discovered that one of my colleagues and acquaintances had written a novel. She even did a book tour and many people raved about this novel. Me being me put off reading it for a while as I dislike band wagons –…
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_The Signature of All Things_ by Elizabeth Gilbert
_The Signature of All Things_ by Elizabeth Gilbert Just a couple more books to go before I am just about caught up on past readings. I have been working my way through some more books (more yoga) recently, but want to be sure to get the final books from the past year updated here. The…
