Becoming American

I know I am a bad blogger. It’s been too long since my last post and you have all probably left me and gone somewhere else. In my defense I will say I’ve been stupidly busy with classwork, house hold chores, traveling, teaching bellydancing, and organizing events. Incidentally, I started a new Tumbl

It’s been a little while since my last entry. I guess I was waiting for a lightening bolt from Olympus to power my next musing session. Yeah, I’m still waiting for that to happen. In the meantime, I’ve been on vacation to Egypt and started my second bachelor’s degree. Egypt was a fascinating country

One of my favourite dishes growing up was my Mum’s home made macaroni cheese. When I emigrated to the USA she gave me a recipe for it, which is just divine (in my opinion!). The following recipe serves one person. To serve more …increase the ingredients as you see fit. INGREDIENTS 3oz Macaroni 1/2 P

February 1st, 2010 is a day that will always be in my memory … kinda like a birthday or a wedding anniversary, except this time it’s the day that I finally became a US Citizen! This is not something that everyone in the USA gets to experience, and I wish I’d been able to share [...]

On Tuesday December 29 at 7:00am I found myself walking through security at the US Immigration Services building in Irving TX. After putting my bag through the x-ray machine and setting off the alarms when I walked through the “magic doorway” I found myself seated upstairs with about 30 other hopefu

I’m not normally a big one for making resolutions, if I do they are just pipe dreams with no real essence to them. This year however I decided to make 10 resolutions to celebrate the beginning of the next decade of my life and I’m writing them down and sharing them with you in the [...]

I have to admit that the holiday season in December is one of my favourites. Whether you call it Christmas, Chanukkah, Yule or just “the Holidays”, there is a sense of both ending and beginning at this time. It is the end of the year. Problems and disagreements should be laid to rest whenever possib

I currently find myself at a crossroads of sorts, or maybe parallel paths are a better way of putting in. On the one hand I have my vaguely Christian upbringing via the Church of England (Anglican) followed by attending services at my local Episcopalian church here in Texas. On the other hand, I hav