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The Jewel of Medina Writing with the Donald method My lovely strawberries The kick-ass water barrels The chick and duck report — week 3 The Jewel of Medina This fictional biography of Mohammed’s youngest (and reportedly favorite) wife, A’isha, has … Continue reading
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Musings about Jezebel, Ramses the Great, and Red Sandals
Jezebel I’m reading a quasi-biography about Biblical bad girl Jezebel. Oddly enough, much of what we know about Jezebel isn’t in fact true. But that’s not the interesting thing in the book. The real juice (for me) is the parallels … Continue reading
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Post vacation doldrums
What I’m reading The Muslim Next Door: The Qur’an, the Media, and That Veil Thing A practical approach to non-radical Islam. Dicusses media distortion, confusion about what is cultural rather than religious, the language barrier in reading the Qu’ran, and … Continue reading
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Dalal Mughrabi
Has anyone ever heard of Dalal Mughrabi, who is alternately called a terrorist and a modern Joan of Arc? I believe there’s more to this story than meets the eye. I admit, I felt the temptation to write a biography … Continue reading
Late Sunday Night
What I’m reading I read a total of 8 Francine Prose books. . . 6 novels, 2 novellas, and a collection of short stories. My favorites: Golden Grove (not yet released), A Changed Man, and Household Saints. These three treat … Continue reading
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Long time, no post
My daughter Emmie and friend Helen chastised me for not keeping my blog up-to-date. Bad monkey! Is it laziness or because I have nothing to say? Maybe this is a format I can keep up with. What I’m reading Animal, … Continue reading
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