Stilettos in the Sand…...

Wasted morning. Why oh why oh why did I agree to a trip to the Mall?!? I probably could have taken a few pictures when we first got there,...

I started a much longer post this morning - but it isn't done. It will be up later. I hope... In the meantime, I'm busy doing my ...

Two more Saudis were beheaded on Sunday; one for imprisoning, beating and killing a man, and the other for shooting a man. As much as I be...

I have very bland and predictable taste. Walls have always been white - with the exception of one wall in our bedroom in the house we had i...

This whole thing is almost too much to comprehend... That a couple was chased down by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Preven...

A few months ago one of the families in the house directly next to ours packed up their belongings, their half-dozen children and two maids ...

Daily road carnage. I'm not even going to bother with my usual " why don't the authorities do something " spiel. From no...

I've blogged before that there are four different types of marriage available to men and women, here, in the Sandbox. The "misya...

Can someone explain to me what would make someone think it is okay to cut pictures and pages out of library books? There is not a single de...

Ahh. Same old, same old. Different day, different company. I do believe authorities have the ability to stop this vicious cycle but for so...

One days it's the veil with a slit for only one eye and killing Mickey Mouse . The next day " it's banning engaged men from vi...

Had an interesting trip downtown this morning. Took a few photos. Didn't go down the street with the butcher shops. That will have to wa...

Yep, now that Ramadan and Eid are over, things are back to "normal" in the Sandbox... A little story about how the " US may b...

Will do my "Locally..." post later. Lots going on in the Sandbox! Heading out to walk the Kids, now. Apparently I wasn't inj...

Oh my gosh! Got a little mention on one of the big player's blogs . That little mention has put my Sitemeter off the dials, for me! ...

I make no secret about rooting for the underdogs, here. And unfortunately, there are a lot of underdogs. The maids, the "little"...

Yesterday was a wasted day. Totally and completely. I could barely move. For a while I considered a trip to the clinic to get an x-ray o...

Interesting article in today's Arab News , " Effects of evil eye exaggerated, says psychiatrist ." Yeah. Really. It is abs...

The infamous young Sri Lankan woman that was recruited, illegally as she was a minor, to come to the Sandbox as a maid and accidentally had ...

And I mean pain! This morning I took the Mother-Fall. A big time Mother-Fall!!! The Boy was on his leash in my left hand, a nd The Baby wa...