Creative Meanderings

The other day I was sharing a bit of our challenging situation with a friend. Every time I do speak with a friend to update on our life or share our current story, they always comment on how calm I seem to be about everything. In fact, when they say it I realize it is true, I am very calm. So calm that it almost feels as if I might be in denial…

My fascination with religions stems back to my foster family days – the one just before I was adopted by my family now. Although later I would learn that they were Seventh Day Adventist, at the time I just knew that I went to church and started out in the church school.  Some time later I recalled the stories from Bible school and found a book that I had probably been given about…

Being sick is one of my most hated things in the world. When I was younger I never admitted it; therefore, illnesses would have to knock me out completely before I would stop to address them.  As a kid, I would only get bed-ridden sick, so that would usually mean that my mom would have to stay home to take care of me. I admit I loved this. Even now, when I am…

Nobody makes money blogging. Writers never earn enough to survive on. Just do what you need to and get by. You can dream, but also be realistic. Sound familiar? I had earlier determined that I need to probably really take some steps toward finding a regularly paying job. This may mean that I need to give up my efforts to build a business or focus more on my writing. Initially, I thought I…

Having generally settled my schedule now into mid-morning starts and working until 7 or so at night, I have realized that I can now begin to consider doing some online work in the mornings. At the moment, I do my writing or cleaning up of the house, etc, but if I could find some work that would give me a regular income and I can do in my mornings, well, then that would…

Sometimes I sit down to write my posts knowing that I have thought of a number of different topics to discuss – always thinking I should start a post draft when the idea comes to me, but wave it off saying I’ll remember it – and then I sit to start writing see nothing but the white text box in front of me. The vastness of the empty space filters into my mind…

This week was a break from the gym as I really felt like I needed to see how much the yoga does for me in the week. So, here’s my activity this week. Mar 5 (Sunday) Wellness yoga session Casual yoga practice  Mar 6 (Monday) Casual yoga practice Mar 7 (Tuesday) 5.9km Walk (1km run) on Corniche with MRTTAD ladies Wellness yoga session Mar 8 (Wednesday) 1hr yoga sessions x2 1hr yoga session…

Back when I first started my life as a ‘lady of leisure’ I joined up with the American Women’s Network. Now, I was a bit hesitant then as I had had a less than ideal interaction with them when I first arrived in the UAE over 8 years ago. However, I really enjoyed the vibe of the Coffee Mornings and the few people I met. After joining a couple of activities – book…

Happy International Women’s Day!  Although I do not generally rally behind “international days” of anything (I am sure I wrote a post about this way back…), today allowed me to get onto the embassy grounds of my husband’s homeland.  A few weeks ago I was contacted by someone in the embassy about doing some yoga sessions for their employees in celebration of this day. They were having an ‘active’ day offering a variety…