Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • 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 event I swore to never to go another one, which I successfully did for the past eight years…

  • 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 by the end of my visit, the fever blisters had boiled up on my mouth. Usually I am…

  • 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 could not bake, so I did a quick fry in a pan to brown the meat and then…

  • 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 do not like to give up their booze. 😛 When we moved into our apartment, we said that…

  • 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 to do a photo shoot with the munsters to beef up her photo gallery. It was almost as…

  • _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 – issue for another post, no doubt. 😛 Upon going through my Amazon wishlist of books to read, I…

  • _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 author of _Eat Pray Love_, which I read in 2010 and wrote about has not written that many…

  • Recently, a friend asked me how it is going with the discipline. At first I thought he meant my cats or my husband! 😀 (hahah) He meant my new ‘work’ life as a self-employed person. It brought forth a common theme that I revisit regularly in my posts and my life – maintaining some kind of schedule or ‘discipline’. This past week has been the second Eid (Eid-al-adha) holidays that finally marks the end…

  • I have always thought of myself as a fairly optimistic person with a lot of realism and idealism mixed in. Being blindly optimistic has not been my style, but I do tend to always hope for the best in life and even in people. It has been said that humans are the most amazing and also most disappointing creatures on earth. I agree to a point. I do believe in the power of…

  • _Hatha Yoga Pradipika_ by Swami Muktibodhananda Another one of our required reading texts for my yoga teacher training course was this rather thick text. Most of my yogi-mates have avoided reading these more historical/ancient books, but the nerdy literature academic in me loves these readings the most. 😛 As per my usual routine of breaking down the reading of books, I decided I would finish this book in a month over the summer…

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