The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
“You have a book on hold on the shelf. Are you getting that?” the librarian asked me. I was over my limit at the check out, and I had already checked the hold… Read More
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Work = Play
Here we go again. A need for a second hiatus. My life is a whirlwind, alhamdulillah. Due to circumstances, I’ve landed myself in a slew of assigned articles, and I’m finding myself deep… Read More
A Trail of Words
Darn! And so my writing endeavor leave a trail. Sometimes the trail follows me, sometimes I am left alone. I have decided to take a hiatus from writing. Period. When the opportunity presents… Read More
A Hiatus Or No Hiatus?
It seems that my life has taken a turn ever since we moved to New Mexico. I have been grappling with this change for the last 5 plus months now, and to be… Read More
Call Me Okaasan
Sometime in June, I received an invitation to submit an essay to an anthology focused on mothering across cultures. The writing was filled with a lot of contemplations, reflections, and digging into our… Read More
Your, You’re, It’s, Its, Their, There
I have never seen as much mix up of homonymns in my life until these past few years. To be honest, it truly irks me when I see these mix ups in Islamic… Read More
Rotten Apples
Eeek! The Ten Mistakes on HOLT Uncensored made me wince and blush in silent embarassment. I found myself in there, not in all ten, thankfully, but in more than two. That was enough… Read More
Stuck in a Rut
Being stuck in a rut is one of the goals. To begin with, I need a rut, big enough to cause agony. Then, I need a solution, a way to get out of… Read More
Will Write For Food
I finally finished hop reading the book, and I have to say, it gave me a plateful of food for thought! (Pun intended). Jacob stated in the introduction that she would be a… Read More
