Eastern View
Looking East from a 2nd floor window of our Jordanian home.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Another icon of my childhood in Oak Cliff / Dallas has been destroyed
The State Fair of Texas runs for almost a month during the fall in Dallas, Texas. When we were schoolkids, we would always get a day off to visit the fair. We would get bus passes and fair tickets. Off we'd go! We had no fear back then. We'd ride the city buses along with a bunch of friends and stay after dark at the fair and then head home on the city buses, sated with corny dogs, Belgium waffles, lemonade, turkey legs, salt water taffy and all the other 'food' delights that we wouldn't get the rest of the year. But we walked everywhere at the Fair Grounds so those empty calories just gave us more fuel to try to win plaster animals, stuffed animals and other trinkets along the Midway! Ah, the smells of food mixed with the air and the screams of people being brave by riding the old wooden roller coaster or the Wild Mouse!
The one thing that has always stayed constant was the admonition from parents and friends alike: "If you/we get separated, just meet up at Big Tex." The Big Man with the booming voice. "H-O-W-D-Y!" This year was his 60th year at the fair...he was there before I was born! He could be seen almost all over the Fair Grounds and beyond.
Today, he burned. Sad, sad day for all that remember him fondly! The local news stations broke in with the news. Only a few more days of the fair and Big Tex burns. Bill Bragg, the current voice of Big Tex, was able to get his audio equipment unplugged and out of there before he lost it.
Farewell for now, Big Tex.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
One of my favorite blogs...also my friend Holly!
I absolutely love this salad. Holly also has some great recipes on her blog!
Arabic Zeal » Simple Arabic Salad:
'via Blog this'
Arabic Zeal » Simple Arabic Salad:
'via Blog this'
My friend, Holly, and her writing fame!
I have many friends who are writers...so why aren't I?? No discipline perhaps? Oh well. Here is one of them: Holly Warah. This is her short story that won 1st Place in the Short Story category in The Writer.
http://writermag.com/~/~/link.aspx?_id=4E7448A496284C42B44D3DF0DD29C660&_z=z
http://writermag.com/~/~/link.aspx?_id=4E7448A496284C42B44D3DF0DD29C660&_z=z
Hasan Mahmood's Show Reel
My friend Linda's son, Hasan, is studying film at SAE in Amman Jordan. This is a sample reel of his work.
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