I am Malala October 7, 2015 So, you know the guy I spoke to yesterday. The one who didn’t want his picture taken. The one with English – the spokesman…
Talking to Truckers October 6, 2015 Who talks to truckers? I mean, what all-white-western-woman talks to Pakistani truckers? What supposidly-superior white western woman with THINGS to do, and places to…
Cupcakes in the toilet October 5, 2015 Who takes cupcakes into a toilet? Who takes cupcakes into a whole row of public toilets? I do! And truth be told, I’d take…
OOOOOPS! October 4, 2015 I pushed publish because I’m a basket case talking to these people in my community and my mind was not on the button. I…
So much to learn. October 4, 2015 This is our corner “café”. The place we frequent on a regular basis to get the stuff we forgot and the groceries that didn’t…
Meet these men October 3, 2015 Meet Khalid and his merry band of builders. They are all from Pakistan with 13 children between them – none of them here. Neither…
Head over wheels in love October 2, 2015 Not very long ago I bought my first never-been-used-before aka brand,spanking new bike. I walked into the shop and there she was. Just made…
31 days of Creating Community when you don’t think there is one October 1, 2015 I live in the Middle East in a modern city called Dubai, along with 2 million plus other people. A glitzy cosmopolitan hub famed…
What to do when you don’t know what to do…about Syria and the world in a wobble. September 3, 2015 This picture of a little boy. Face down in the sand. Dead. Long before his prescribed time on earth and long after he experienced…
What a week, what a wedding! August 20, 2015 When they were young Kitty and I, their mothers, plotted and planned how they would marry each other and then we could all live…
