Walking the World

Saranjeet, our downstairs neighbor, called tonight saying that he had arranged for someone to come by to drain the septic…

Yeah, they are. For the most part. Like all groups of people, there are always the few bad apples, and…

Today was a mostly uneventful day. About the only thing worth mentioning is that Fahim picked up his contacts and…

From the local chicken stall, we got a bad batch of chicken. And yes, this is another one that belongs…

Another one that really belongs somewhen else, but I don’t know when that when is. So here it goes. Yeah,…

So, uh, I’m going to mention something else that really belongs on some other day, but since I don’t know…

There aren’t any. That’s the first thing you should know. Now let’s be clear about this. I’m not saying that…

Is that like Red Rum? (Think Jack Nickolson, my least favorite actor, and The Shining, my least favorite movie.) Red…

Today, I really DO get to meet my sister-in-law. Um, gulp, but yes, of course I knew about Fathima and…

And Fathima brought along a friend of hers who also flew down with her from Dubai. Their cab driver got…

How many of you know what Ramadan is? That’s about what I expected. Okay, here we are. Ramadan 101. Ramadan…

Yeah, it doesn’t quite work. Oh well. After that, he and I went to the optician. See, I’ve been complaining…

First things first. Fahim has been approached twice now in the last week by two women he used to work…

After unpacking and unloading everything, I made a breakfast cake. Fahim’s fast is supposed to start any day now. The…

Fathima, Fahim’s sister who lives in Dubai, called and said she was coming to Sri Lanka and she’d be landing…

While I was at church, Fahim went to work to play on the computers and download email and things like…

There’s a lot of wildlife here. It’s what comes from being a tropical island having lots of rain, which in…

We went to the department store today to pick up cooking stuff. You know, cake pans, a wooden spoon, a…

We receive flyers on occasion. I’ve mocked many of them right alongside Fahim as we peruse the butchered spelling. Oh,…

Remember me saying, oh about a half dozen times now, that cows wander the streets and they’re everywhere? Today, we…

Marlene is off work for a week and a half on holidays. Her mother and three other out of town…

Food City is owned by a company called Cargills, and today they decided to have Cargills Day. Fahim and I…

Seriously? It’s bright purple, bloated and scientists say it’s been around since the dinosaurs. The 3-inch long, short-limbed creature with…

Well, it’s not called that. It used to be called Homemaking, and some of us mocked it by calling it…

I’ve already told you about the hole in Oberon’s butt. Well, I had one interesting response about that, and guess…