New York Summer 2023
In early August 2023, while my daughter was visiting her father in England, I took a much needed trip to New York. This was, by no means,...
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Reflections
asilhrashid
- May 29
Gardening 2023 - Balcony garden
As I said in my previous post, it's been a long winter and unpredictable spring, which meant the winter blues set in and triggered a seed...
asilhrashid
- May 22
Gardening in 2023 - Indoor Garden
It has been a long hard winter: an unholy amount of snowfall, interchangeable weather that gave me whiplash and a freak freezing rain...
asilhrashid
- Oct 23, 2022
A book review of Georgina Reid's "The Planthunter: Truth, Beauty, Chaos and Plants"
As my balcony garden is winding down with my cold-tolerant plants (kale, parsley, sweet peas, snapdragons) flourishing again after the...
asilhrashid
- Oct 10, 2022
"Black Girl Baking"-Inspired Apple Pie with Browned Butter and Almond Flour Crust
A few months ago, during Ramadan, I started watching a Netflix food documentary called "High on The Hog: How African-American Cuisine...
asilhrashid
- Sep 25, 2022
My Experience with Postpartum Depression (PPD)
I gave birth to my daughter in January of 2016 in the UK. I was 36 at the time. We were living in Cairo, Egypt but had gone to the UK so...
asilhrashid
- Sep 3, 2022
My Summer Balcony Garden 2022
I just spent the morning cleaning up my balcony garden in anticipation of the season of winding down that is upon us. Just as fulfilling...
asilhrashid
- Jan 15, 2022
Best parenting self-care advice: Take time out from parenting!!!
In our society, women, especially mothers, are constantly on the defensive, feeling like they have to justify their parenting decisions,...
asilhrashid
- Dec 31, 2021
A Message of Hope for The New Year
As 2021 winds down to a close, people around the globe are bidding adieu to another particularly difficult year...and good riddance....
asilhrashid
- Dec 28, 2021
Winter Memories of My Summer Garden
I am sitting at my dining table, wrapped up in snug sweaters and warm socks, looking out the window at a world buried in snow. As much as...
asilhrashid
- May 18, 2020
Going Back to Basics: A Review of Stephanie Buttermore's "All In" Food Journey
During the past couple of weeks of lock down I've stumbled on a fitness Youtuber, called Stephanie Buttermore, by pure happenstance. I...
asilhrashid
- May 11, 2020
A book review of Elizabeth Gilbert's "Big Magic"...
I am a huge fan of Elizabeth Gilbert, and have been for a long time. I've read most of her major bestselling novels: "Eat, Pray, Love"...
asilhrashid
- May 7, 2020
The Vision Board As A Way To Access Hidden Desires...
Around six months ago, I created my second vision board ever. But the whole experience was more than just cutting up images from...
asilhrashid
- Apr 27, 2020
The Damaging Effects of Unsolicited Parenting Advice
A couple of days ago I watched the season finale of a show called "Little Fires Everywhere" which drew stellar performances from Reese...
asilhrashid
- Apr 24, 2020
Quarantine Sanity Guide
As many of us around the world are in quarantine, and some in 24-hour lock down for a few weeks now, I thought I would share some simple...
asilhrashid
- Jan 27, 2020
My life on Keto
At the beginning of this year, I ventured into the world of Keto. Now there's been much buzz going around this new nutritional...
asilhrashid
- Jan 27, 2020
Appendages of Gold or the Culture of Male Worship in Middle Eastern Societies
A few months ago, a friend and I were taking a walk and she started telling me of a recent telephone conversation she had with her...
asilhrashid
- Dec 6, 2019
What 2019 taught me- reflections, life lessons and a personal journey
We are now almost a month into the new year, so I thought I would take stock of 2019 and all the life lessons it has taught me which I...
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