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Archive | September, 2008
Observing Ramadan – The Big Picture
There are some really nice photos. Observing Ramadan – The Big Picture – Boston.com
Hildegard von Bingen
She’s was an amazing artist and personality. I was reminded about her by Intlxpater I have listened to her music mostly by the Anonymous 4 for some time and my wife previously while singing with the Calgary Renaissance Singers learned some of her music. Here is a recording on YouTube by a Czech artist Hana [...]
Zephyr
We’ve had the first album for many years and listened to it zillions of times! Flame
Boat trip
No diving, just a boat trip as we turned around early as the water was too rough. It doesn’t look rough in the photo but it is hard to show the roughness in a photo. The issue with the rough water is that you need to slow down so the trip can take too long.
Girgian
I thought I had done a blog post about Girgian last year but I can’t find one. Girgian finished last night after three nights of it. It if a mostly Kuwait tradition from way back that happens in the middle of Ramadan. This year for the first time we were prepared with sweets for the [...]
From our childhood
And my wife’s favorite song from Kermit Lastly, Grover! Extremely funny!
Pigeon Houses of Iran
Fascinating! There were thousands of these buildings during the Safavid dynasty, about the 16th century CE. They were built to collect the droppings as fertilizer for melon and cucumber fields… However, in modern times chemically produced fertilizers have drastically reduced the viability of the bird guano industry and as a result not many of these [...]
Pilot Sleeping, No Penalty
Via: Pilot Sleeping, No Penalty « Here There and Everywhere Read the comments there. Good thing they are privatising Kuwait Airways. I flew Kuwait to and from Dubai recently and both flights were delayed due to mechanical problems. So we will not fly Kuwait Airlines again even if it costs more or isn’t as good [...]
Photo links and more
I have a bunch of tabs open in the browser with some interesting sites and may as well gather them here as follows: Nick Cobbing has some great photos of Greenland and sailing. Gripping! Check out photojournalist Lynn Johnson’s photos. She’s known for her intense, sensitive work. Deservedly so! And finally if you need a [...]
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