A beautiful time of year
The day breaks and there is a slight chill in the air. It’s enough to make you reach for a jumper until the sun has made it’s journey high enough […]
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Waiting for the flock to come home
As the sun starts its final descent to it’s resting place, painting the surrounding mountains with glorious hues of gold, copper and bronze, it signals the time for bringing the […]
All about a (little) girl
Sometimes (most of the time) my afternoon walks are not about me. They are all about a little girl and taking time out to see the world through her eyes. […]
Not quite to my taste!
I have been meaning to bring you another blog post, since I wrote this one, about the interior stylings of some of the houses that I have visited here in […]
Here yesterday, gone today, when will it be back?
Why of course tomorrow! Tomorrow – the universal answer here in Jordan to any question to which the recipient either doesn’t know the answer to or knows that you won’t […]
Look at the opportunities, not the dead goat you have to cook with.
My girlfriend in Australia was speaking metaphorically. Ironically I was faced with the reality…..literally I had a dead goat to cook with. I was speaking to my girlfriend about what […]
Post Australia blues and sparkly red shoes!
The more times you do something the easier it gets…..right? Well then tell me this – why hasn’t coming back to Jordan after visiting my home country of Australia gotten […]
The beautiful colours and bountiful harvest of Autumn
I love this time of year especially the late afternoon with the last of the long lingering golden rays before the sun dips over the hills and the hint of […]
Celebrating Yom Arafah and Eid al-Adha
Last Tuesday Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Adha which in English means the Festival of Sacrifice. It’s is also know as Eid Kabir or Greater Eid (see my post […]
Upping the anti and inspiring the neighbourhood.
Or perhaps a more accurate title would be amusing the neighbourhood, but since I’m used to amusing them I’m hanging onto the thought that there are some that I’m inspiring! […]
Middle East Moments 