Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • As much as I appreciate the sentiment behind these words, they still require me to hold back anger and to clam up in sharing more about me as an adoptee. First of all, to say I’m lucky because my birth family gave me up or because I finally found a loving home is a bit superficial. I would say that it was good luck that I was adopted by my family because for…

  • My lovely writing streak has fallen apart, but that’s okay. It’s been a little bit hectic, but at the same time not really around here. Although it is not yet the end of the semester here, with the upcoming three-week holiday, there is a lot going on this week with events, exams and meetings at work. So, that’s the busy part, I guess. At home, I am mostly relaxing. Though, we are also…

  • _Letters to a Young Teacher_ by Jonathan Kozol I don’t really know if this counts as pleasure reading, but most of my reading lately consists of journal articles or primary sources for my dissertation topic. However, as I was perusing our library at ZU, I found this book. Since I had read _Savage Inequalities_ by Kozol before, I thought it would be interesting to read. It did not disappoint. Kozol puts together a…

  • When you try to prove you are right do you throw out some outrageous statistic that hasn’t been proven just to convince the other person how wrong s/he is? Then, in the next breath would you discount any counterargument made in reference to a difference in expectations/communication styles between men and women, which is actually a proven fact by experts? Situation 1: If a man decides he is finished with an argument, then…

  • Too tired to write anything significant the past day or so…. More to come this weekend. 🙂

  • A friend of mine wrote a really lovely post on his blog about his struggle with depression. As a fellow sufferer of bouts of depression and dealing with my own “un-labeled” or self-diagnosed bipolar I or preferably called “ups and downs”, I really appreciate it when I find people sharing their own stories. Today my students asked me what I would like to do for a ‘real’ or rather dream job. I said…

  • Why wait until the new year to start re-evaluating and preparing to re-align my life goals? Since I don’t like to call them resolutions as it just tends to set me up for failure, I do like to take a step back from the path I am on to see if it is heading in the right direction or if I have allowed it to veer off a bit. So, I am taking…

  • In an email that I received last week, the writer made a comment about how she thinks Facebook and  other such media affect people’s patience and ability to write or think. It made me think about the amount of time I spend on the computer and watching TV rather than reading or writing like I used to. It’s been since I came to the UAE that I spend so much more time away…

  • It’s National Day today – December 2nd – and this year is the 40th anniversary of the country’s formation. 40 years young and yet so surprisingly advanced. The Emiratis do love their country, I mean who wouldn’t when your leader gives pay raises just for being a national? Still, there are big plans this weekend for celebrations all over the country in all seven emirates. I have to say that I’m glad that…

  • It takes a while for me to finish projects in pottery because of the time it takes to fire and glaze as well as I can be somewhat inconsistent in attending classes. However, a full batch of items were finished up last week and so here they are! [shashin type=”photo” id=”4399,4400,4401,4402,4403,4404,4405,4406,4407,4398,4397″ size=”small” columns=”max” order=”user” position=”center”]

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