Take that, Dish!

Who needs TV when you have me? I like the way the flower is obstructing the TV dish with … More

Sisters

What’s the good of news if you haven’t a sister to share it? ~Jenny DeVries I love how these two … More

Giant Scarlet Flame

“Orange is the happiest color.” – Frank Sinatra The name of this Zinnia is Giant Scarlet Flame ~ at … More

Blue Flowers Bloom

Getting adjusted to a new routine in which unordinary things happen on ordinary days. Blue flowers bloom and today we … More

The White Nights of Ramadan: Book Review

Written by : by Maha Addasi (Author), Ned Gannon (Illustrator) These 2 also worked together on Time to Pray. I just reviewed the story a few days … More

Pieces and Fragments, Fragments and Pieces

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. ~Fran Lebowitz I received an … More

Time to Pray: Children’s Book Review

I found another beautiful children’s book! Ramadan is approaching so wanted to review a couple more Ramadan stories soon, but … More

Freedom Hour

“There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. … More

Three Words of Wisdom

“Shoo!” “Go outside and play in the garden!” We were shooed outdoors daily around tea time to go play … More

Celebrating Fabulous Female Figures!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mothers out there! Thank you to all the mothers who allow me to … More

Dora’s Mehndi

“Come,” says the Pakistani aunty patting the empty chair in front of her holding the fat cone that releases swirly … More

Heavenly Blues

“And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows … More

Leena’s Family Photoshoot

“A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.” ~ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Here’s Leena’s … More

the L word

I’ve always had a problem with it. I’ve always had too much of it and often gotten in trouble for … More

Spring

It’s spring here which means chalky decks, and toddler feet bottoms roughened with chalk dust. It means bubbles being diligently … More

Cycles of Motherhood

“Why was it that so many women artists who had renounced having children could then paint nothing but mothers and … More

What Livelihood Really Is

live·li·hood ˈlīvlēˌho͝od/: a means of securing the necessities of life. noun I remember joking with my husband when he was holding … More

Ice Ice Baby!

Baby A mesmerized by outdoor ice! Love her lashes and how the outdoor air looks oh-so-chilly. Love this dua (prayer) … More

Fragments of Friday

Dealing with: moody weather, messy-again kitchens, occasional-nap-fighting-toddler, growing-taller-preschooler. Dealing with scattered-blocks-on-the-floor, discarded-tangerine-peels-on-the-table, half-a-dozen-milky-murky-sippy-cups-adorning-the-counter, and a camera-with-over-flowing-photos. Dealing with a clean-crumpled-ball-of-laundry-in-dryer, grimy-glass-table-finger-prints, little-girl-hairbows-and-bangles-on … More