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| Kamál (Perfection), 4 Kamal (Perfection), 165 B.E. – Monday, August 4, 2008 about 4:27 PM PDT I think I hear thunder. Of course, it could be just another one of Mother Nature's jokes. However, there are dark gray clouds in the sky and the wind is blowing. We haven't had a much rain this monsoon season, so a little more rain would be nice. Especially since I'm not going anywhere else this evening. If it thunders I'll turn the computer off and read or write in my pen and paper journal. I don't have too much more to write before achieving my daily word count. As long as I get the stuff finished today, then I can put them in the documents later. The word count will go in today's total. It's only four days into Kamal and I'm ahead on the word count anyway. I've written a lot of words in the past few days. Maybe I need to take a little rest from typing and get some stuff carried to the garage or some of my cloths hung up in my closet. I'm going to clean my closet out because I don't have enough room in it to hang everything up. In the past few months people have given me cloths. I still have to go through some of the cloths and see what I want to keep. Some of them my mother can wear. However, some of the cloths are just too big or too little for either of us. Those I'm going to have to find a home for. I'll have to consider where to take them. Maybe I'll wash them and take them to Catholic Charities when we go for our senior food allotment. Just leave them up there and someone will want them. |
| I feel positive and upbeat. I feel as if I didn't have a worry in the world. I feel happy. I feel good, for the most part. I want to know what's going on. Am I so used to worrying about every little thing, that when I finally find a moments peace of mind; I expect the other shoe to drop. I started feeling good yesterday about the time I deposited my last pay check for about three weeks in the banks. Despite the fact that I thought I would need it for something else, I used it to cover the overdraft. At that point I started feeling positive about our situation. I wrote a poem for Author's Spotlight called "Day 6, Task 1: My Spotlight Experience" and posted it before I went to the bank. So I must have been feeling positive and upbeat before depositing the check. Maybe I'm over thinking everything and I should just relax and be happy. |
| Jamál (Beauty), 3 Kamal (Perfection), 165 B.E. – Sunday, August 3, 2008 about 4:25 AM PDT It's still dark outside, all though if I look carefully at the sky I can see the back velvet of night fading to morning white, This morning I feel good, my attitude is positive and I feel that I could conquer the world. I'm not sure why I would want to conquer the world because once I conquered it, I would have to run it. I went to bed with the chickens last night. No I didn't sleep in a chicken coop. I went to be extremely early. When we were kids and went to be very early, Grandma said we were going to bed with the chickens. Anyway, as a result of going to bed early, I got up early, which is a good thing I guess. Morning and the sun has not awakened yet, the sky is slowly transforming from midnight black to first light white. Time moves slowly this time of day; the sleepless city pauses waiting for the coming day and another disaster somewhere on the planet. Dawn prayers echoe through the house scattering the Sunday morning silence; A new week has begun my mood is positive, unlike the mood of the yawning city. Writing on Sunday morning, brings amazing ideas that only come when I am still and listen to the voice of my muse. |
| Jalál (Glory), 2 Kamal (Perfection), 165 B.E. – Saturday, August 2, 2008 about 3:13 PM PDT It's summer in Las Vegas with triple digit temperatures. It's August in Las Vegas with cloudy sky and high humidity. Traffic on Sahara Avenue is horrid; stop and go, go and stop; if you don't check the water in your radiator before leaving the house, then just go home when the thermostat gage informs you the car is about to over heat. It's no use driving any more after that no matter how much business you have to conduct, even if the business is of life and death importance... for get it. Take the hot car home park it in the shade and wait until morning to check the radiator and fill it with water; no business matter is so imparitive and you know it won't start again until after it cools down six or seven hours later; let's face it cabs are too expensive to take home and walk from the bus stop to the house in this heat is deadly. Remember, it's summer in Las Vegas carry a bottle of water with you and check the water in the radiator before you back your car out of the driveway. |
| Istiqlál (Independence), 1 Kamal (Perfection), 165 B.E. – Friday, August 1, 2008 about 11:39 AM PDT Kamal got off to a good start, Mom and I went to the Feast of Perfection last night. The Feast was spiritual and I started a poem about a butterfly in paradise. August got of to a good start as well. Both Moms Culinary Retirement Check and Social Security check came in today. We went to a Mexican restaurant this morning and then I remembered I hadn't went to the mortgage website and set the house payment to come out, so we came back home and I did that. We still have to go pay a couple of bills and pick something up at my mother's doctor's office. So that's next on the list today. It's a beautiful hazy day in Las Vegas, the drivers are polite and not hurried, The weary morning melts into a sluggish afternoon |
| According to the noon weather person, I live in a bowl not a valley. I have lived in Las Vegas for over 30 years and I have always referred to the Las Vegas Valley. However, I found out today that it is not the Las Vegas Valley, it is the Las Vegas Bowl. You see, a valley has mountains on only two sides. Las Vegas has mountains on all four sides, therefore it is a bowl and not a valley. Now, when people ask me where I live, I can tell them I live in the Las Vegas Bowl. That ought to get some interesting responses. I can just imagine my brother asking me if I pour milk over myself of a morning instead of taking a shower. And just think of all the sports fans who are going to ask me what team I play on. |
| Istijlál (Majesty), 19 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Thursday, July 31, 2008 about 5:02 AM PDT The idea behind thankful Thursday is that no matter how difficult life gets, once a week, a person can find 10 things for which to give thanks. These 10 things can be anything from a event that happened earlier in the week to just being able to sleep later then usual in the morning. Ten things I am Thankful for on writing.com  In depth reviews Writing.com Angel Army All the wonderful members on this site The writing.com newsletters The intriguing contests available E-mail reminders about extending my membership E-mail reminders about updating my blog C-notes Gift Points Stories, poems, articles, etc. to read |
| ‘Idál (Justice), 18 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Wednesday, July 30, 2008 about 7:12 AM PDT This is day three of "AUTHORS' SPOTLIGHT - Season 6" [18+] by 30DBC Creator/Founder  . My book item for that contest is "Snow in the Valley" [18+] by Prosperous Snow celebrating . So far I have written two poems, a children's story, did three reviews, and my expectations. The next thing I need to work on is a dialog between two brothers.I have decided to expand the children's story, which right now is a very short story or flash fiction piece. I am going to make it a little longer. This is a child's fantasy story, with the appearance of taking place at an amusement park. I think I am going to leave it as a fantasy story. I am not going to change the setting either, I am just going to make it longer with more action. The dialog suggests a love story of some type. I am going to make it either a science fiction or fantasy story. I have not decided which yet, the only thing I am sure of right now is that I am going to expand it and make the story more involved and more exciting. Give it a twist of some type. I am having fun, even though working within a daily deadline pushes me. A daily deadline prevents me from obsessing and rewriting as I compose the piece. I write the short story or poem and then, if I complete it early enough before posting, I rewrite and polish the piece. If I don't complete it early enough, I post it and worry about rewriting it later after the contest is over. |
| Kamál (Perfection), 16 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Monday, July 28, 2008 about 3:08 AM PDT I am sleepless in Las Vegas, it must be the humidity of the season that gets me up at 12:30 AM before my muse is even awake and drives me to get on line. I am sleepless in Las Vegas, waiting for the alarm to sound I blog about the persistence it takes to be a writer, or about taking after my Grandmother Newland who did housework when she couldn't sleep, or about being sleepless in Las Vegas. I am sleepless in Las Vegas, as I listen to the dryer drying the load of cloths I had to wash before I can get ready for work. I am sleepless in Las Vegas wishing I were sleepless in Haifa waiting to go to the shrines on Mount Carmel. I am sleepless in Las Vegas, knowing that gas prices will go up again this weekend and hoping my check will be enough to get gas and pay my Internet provider. |
| Jamál (Beauty), 15 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Sunday, July 27, 2008 about 7:05 AM PDT It's Sunday morning in monsoon season. The sky I see outside my living room window is partly cloudy to clear. This isn't unusual for monsoon season, what isn't normal is the lack of rain. We haven't had enough rain this year to use for a decent spit bath. We have the humidity, but not the rain. At least, not in the Las Vegas valley. It's Sunday morning and the day of Beauty. I'm on my second cup of coffee and considering what to have for breakfast. I'll probably have apple sauce because we have lots of it in the fridge. Mom can't eat apple sauce because apples act as a laxative for her. They don't have the same affect on me, so I eat the apple sauce and drink the apple juice. Mom drinks apple juice about once a week or once a month, depending on how she feel. It's Sunday morning about four or fives days before the Feast of Kamal (Perfection). This month the Feast is scheduled for the Baha'i Center on the evening of July 31. Mom is looking forward to the Feast. Most of the Feast are decentralized and held in people's homes. Mom enjoys going to all the Feast, however she seems to enjoy herself a lot more when she goes to the Center. As I stated in an earlier entry, Tuesday, July 29, ends the summer school session. I have the choice of taking three weeks off or going to another location to work. I haven't decided what I'm going to do. I'll have to decided by Tuesday at the latest. Mom has a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and I have an appointment with Blood Services on Friday. Next week we both have dental appointments and I have a doctor's appointment. I work the election polls on July 12, which is an all day job. I go in at 6:00 AM and get out at 8:00 PM. That is a long day without going home, without more then a phone call to Mom, and without getting on-line. I know Mom will be all right, I'll phone my brother and some Baha'is to see if someone can look in on her. The neighbors will keep an eye on her and the house, as well. |
| Jalál (Glory), 14 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Saturday, July 26, 2008 about 3:25 PM PDT The summer semester ends on July 29. The regular semester begins about August 25. I will have 3 weeks off, if I choose to take it. I am going to have to decide by July 29. I would really like to take the 3 weeks off and work around the house, help Mom get the house to the point where she only has light housework to do. She capable of doing light housework such as dishes, laundry, sweep and mopping floors, dusting, etc. However, I do not think I can afford that option. There are just too many bills to pay to do that. Food would not be a problem, because there are several food banks in town we could go to. It is the bills and gas for the car that would make taking off difficult. When I go gas on Thursday it cost me $4.06 per gallon and I only got $20. That might be enough until to get us around the rest of the week, if we're careful. Things to do around the house Living room section 1Living room section 2Breakfast roomKitchenDinning roomMaster bedroomMaster bathPowder room next to Master bathMy bedroomBathroomSpare roomPatioGarageThings to do on line or with computer writing.com reviewsmy writing.com port writing.com e-mail box (clean out) yahoo e-mail box (clean out) intermind e-mail box (clean out) figure out why printer jams when printing multipage documents finish story of Earth's Desire rewrite Scavenger play Free Cell there are a thousand more things I will probably think of after I post thisThe house is too big, I have too much to do and too little time, but I have more time then money. |
| Istiqlál (Independence), 13 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Friday, July 25, 2008 about 5:25 AM PDT Good morning, World, thank you for the restless night and the ringing of my doorbell at midnight. I haven't been sleeping very well lately. I have gotten early every morning somewhere between 12:30 Am and 3:10 AM. The alarm goes off at 4:00 AM. I have been getting to bed between 10:00 PM and Midnight. The doorbell ring three times last night sometime between Midnight and 1:15 AM. The doorbell woke me from a sound sleep, so I know it wasn't part of a dream. I got up, I went to the front door and I look out the door's little window. There was nothing amiss in the front yard and my car was still there. I found the keys, went to the car and rolled the window up. I then locked the car, something I should have done before I went to be. I am going to lock the car before sunset from now on, still it was a disturbing night. I am still weary this morning. I have some paperwork to make out for Mom before I leave for work. The doorbell ringing didn't help my rest. In addition, for the past three nights I have been having some intriguing dreams. I am tired, I think there was more I wanted to say, but I can't remember what it was. Therefore, I think I'll post this entry, log off and go get another cup of coffee. I have to be to work about 8:30 and I need more rest, which I'm not going to get today; unless I take a nap at the Social Security office while waiting for them to see Mom. |
| Istijlál (Majesty), 12 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Thursday, July 24, 2008 about 7:23 AM PDT Unlike my mother and grandmother, I don't enjoy doing laundry. I like having clean cloths, but I don't enjoy the process of getting them clean. I don't care about sorting cloths, putting them in the washer and adding soap. I do like to watch the water run into an empty washer and make soap suds, but that is about the only thing I like. However, I am going to have to start enjoying part of the process. Lately, Mom has a tendency to leave clean, we cloths in the washer over night. I have discussed this with her, but it does not good. So rather then say anything, I am going to start checking the washer before I go to bed. If there are clean cloths waiting for the dryer, I will fold the cloths in the dryer and then dry the cloths in the washer. It's easier this way, if I say anything to her she gets upset and thinks she did something wrong, which isn't the case. It's just that leaving we clothes in a washer they can mildew and mildew is difficult and almost impossible to get out of cloths once it gets in them. I think I already have a pair of slacks that are mildewed, as a results of leaving them in the washer over night. Mom used to dry everything in the washer before going to bed, but not anymore. There are other things she does differently since she got out of the hospital last year. I think that's why we had ants in the kitchen for a while, because she was leaving dirty dishes on th counter overnight. The ants are gone, but I found out this morning she left some dirty dishes on the kitchen counter last night. I'm not going to say anything to Mom about it, I'll just check the washer and the kitchen counter before I go to bed. I'll dry the cloths and wash the dishes if I have to, but I'm not saying anything to Mom about it. I am going to encourage her and tell her what a good job she does, because she anything else as criticism. If I have to wash the glasses or dishes over, after she has completed them, I will. just do them over and pray she doesn't catch me redoing them. I think I know what the problem is, but I haven't talked to Mom's doctor to request she recommend an evaluation and blood work. After that, then I will know for sure what is going on and contact the rest of the family for a talk. There is no use saying anything until I know more. My family has a tendency to jump to conclusions and there is no use anyone jumping off a cliff when there is no bear after them. |
| ‘Idál (Justice), 11 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at about 4:21 AM PDT Why do most people only want to adopt kittens? Is it because we live in a culture focused on youth. A cultural that wants to put any human over the age of 60 into Senior Care Homes, where they will be out of the way of the younger generation. A young generation that does not want to admit that aging is a part of the natural process of life. A young generation that is moving so fast and reckless, that they find the slow and careful offensives. Why do most people only want to adopt kittens? Is it because they do not want their children to experience the natural process of having a beloved pet die. Is learning to mourn the death of a pet so terrible that it is to be avoided at all cost, even if it means letting lovable cats or dogs go to pounds to await execution just because they are unadoptable for being too old. Why do most people only want to adopt kittens? An older cat is lovable and cuddly. An older cat is a good companion and does not have to be litter box trained. True an older cat may have health problems, especially if the owners before could not afford to take them to the vet as often as necessary. Why do most people only want to adopt kittens? Is age so terrible that it is something to be avoided? Is aging so horrible that it is something to be concealed even when considering a pet. NOTE: I am considering changing most to some when I rewrite and post this to my port. |
| Fidál (Grace), 10 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Tuesday, July 22, 2008 about 5:36 AM PDT I called people and organizations until my battery ran down attempting to get some assistance with the electric bill. I got two number that I have to call today. Another number she said call back at 9:00 AM this morning. I am at work at 9:00 and cannot call out, I will attempt that number first thing when I get off. If I cannot get hold to anyone there today, I will have to wait until Thursday, July 24, the day I am taking off to go to a job training. Fortunately, I am paid for the training and the millage. I was discouraged last night and felt I could not get help anywhere. I am in a more positive mood this morning, which is surprising. I spent a long, difficult and sleepless night tossing and turning, turning and tossing. I think the difficult night had to do with my lack of a full set of teeth. Without a full set of teeth, I cannot chew my food properly. As a result, the food does not digest properly, which sometimes causes me physical difficulty. This is the second morning in a row, I have gotten up at 12:30 AM. Again this morning, I moved from my bed to the couch and dozed. If this happens again tomorrow, I am going to get on line and do some work. I do not know why I am getting up that early. I suppose worry could be one reason, but I do not think so. I think there is another reason I am getting up that early, I just cannot figure out what it is. It is not that I mind getting up that early, the problem is that I have not slept well and dozing on the couch does not contribute to rest. Maybe I take after my grandmother, she had difficulty sleeping. She would get up in the middle of the night and clean house. I have tried cleaning house in the middle of the night and do not enjoy it as much as I remember my grandmother's enjoyment of the process. There are other things I would much rather be doing. Such as writing, reviewing or researching on line. |
| Kamál (Perfection), 9 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Monday, July 21, 2008 about 5:25 AM PDT I am sitting at my computer, looking out my living room window and watching the approach of dawn. As I work, the sky is slowly transforming from night's deep black velvet to morning's blue silk. This early I cannot tell whether there are clouds out there or the sky is clear. I am reviewing the week ahead. I have several calls to make on Monday and Tuesday after I get off work. Therefore, I cannot get on line until after 5:00 PM, this means I have to make my blog entries before I go to work or wait later this afternoon. I have to keep the phone line open in case someone needs to return my call. It is inconvenient keeping the phone lines open, but I have no other choice. I have to get this business conducted this week. In addition, I am going to have to contact my Internet provider because I cannot sent e-mail from that account. I can receive e-mail, I just cannot sent it, therefore I am going to have to either call them or send them a message from the yahoo account. When I tell people I have more then one e-mail account, they give me weird looks. This is one reason I keep the yahoo account. The other reason is the yahoo account is free. This week I am going to attempt to get on line early in the morning and make the blog entries the first thing. If I wait until after 5:00 PM, I may not get any entries completed because of other on line work. That is my plan for the week, I hope I can continue getting up early and making blog entries. |
| Jamál (Beauty), 8 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Sunday, July 20, 2008 about 4:34 PM PDT As evening approaches, I look at the way my life has changed in the past year. Well, that is as far as I've gotten on that poem and I have no idea where it's going. I think I was going to write something about happiness, but I suddenly realized I'm not sure that, as an adult, I have been happy. As a child, I was happy with my grandparents. The few memories I have of my father are laced with happiness, but as an adult I don't think I've been happy. I could, of course be wrong about that, I'm going to have to review some of the adult memories and see. ****** There is a flash flood watch in effect for Clark, Lincoln and Ny counties tonight. The weather is 10 degrees cooler. Right now I'm looking at a cloudy sky. The elm tree is gone and I can see a lot more of the sky. I notice the way the clouds look more then I did with the elm there. I'm not looking forward to the flash flooding, however, since I'm not planning on going any place I doubt that it will affect me too much. I'm going to have to see that my car windows are rolled up. Also, I need to see that the doors are locked. I think someone has been sleeping at the side of the house at night, but I can't be sure. There are indications sometimes that someone sleeps in the side yard because there is trash there, but the trash could be the results of the wind. I do not intention to check the strange noises I hear at the side of the house. I'll make sure all the doors and windows are secure. I'll make sure the car is locked and the windows rolled up. I'm not going to check strange noises unless I have a huge dog with me or a baseball bat. I haven't told Mom about the possibility of someone sleeping in the yard. She hears strange noises as well, but she hasn't thought of people sleeping in the yard. |
| Jalál (Glory), 7 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Saturday, July 19, 2008 about 7:25 PM PDT See a penny, pick it up And all the day you'll have good luck. Old Saying I didn't mention in yesterday's entry that I found two brand new pennies lying heads up on the ground. I found them in two different places when Mom and I went out yesterday. At the time I didn't think much of it, but today I'm wondering what the odds are of one person finding one penny lying heads up, much less two and in different locations. Each time a penny is dropped it has a fifty percent chance of landing heads up and a fifty percent chance of landing tails up. Each time an individual goes to a store, he or she probably has one chance in two or three billion of find a penny lying either heads up or tails up. So what is the chance of one person going to two different stores and finding a penny in on the floor of each store, lying heads up. An old superstition says that a penny lying heads up is good luck and a penny lying tails up is bad luck. If that superstition is true, does finding two pennies lying heads up mean double good luck for a day or two days of good luck. All right, I'm not superstitious, so the good/bad luck thing doesn't worry. I'm just intrigued by the fact that I found two brand new pennies, each in a separate location, lying heads up on the same day. I put the penny in the "kitty" of a project I've wanted to start again. Finding the pennies means I can, not only, start the project, but also that I begin the project on "level" two. Right now, I'll call the project Snow's Penny Project and I'll put updates in my blog about it. |
| Istiqlál (Independence), 6 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Friday, July 18, 2008 about 6:33 PM PDT My life would be less complicated and easier, if it were less cluttered. Where do I begin? I've attempted to unclutter since March 21, 2008. I think that's when I started uncluttering my e-mail, of course since my short-term memory is eractic I could have started before that date and not remember. I'm not doing well uncluttering two of my e-mail boxes. The more stuff I unsubscribe to the more spam I receive. At least, yahoo does a half-way decent job of putting junk mail in the spam folder. Sometimes it gets something important in that folder, which is why I go through the spam most of the time. Since I have read any of my e-mail since Wednesday, I'm going to purge the yahoo spam folder and hope I didn't get rid of something important. Perhaps I should start with my desk area or my hard disk, both of which need uncluttering.I have stuff on my hard disk that I need to back-up onto CDs and then move to CDs. Am I being too anal about this? Maybe just moving the documents to a CD would do it, I mean it's not like I have a safety deposit box at the bank to put one set of CDs in. I'm lucky to be about to keep a bank account, much less have a safety deposit box. Speaking of safety deposit boxes. I met a guy in the bank yesterday, when Mom went to deposit a check in her account. Then he said the best place to keep money was a safety deposit box because if the bank fails you still have your money. I met the same guy in Smith's today when I went to cash a pay check at the bank in that store. |
| Istijlál (Majesty), 5 Kalimat (Words), 165 BE – Thursday, July 17, 2008 about 2:36 PM PDT I will work until July 29, then school is out until August 25. Between the July 29 and August 25 I will work the primary election polls and get a new set of teeth. I am attempting to sound optimistic and I am not. All I can see right now is darkness. The problem is financial. Mom is optimistic that things will get better, but I am not sure now. I need to bring in more money, but I don't see how I can do it. I can't draw Social Security until December 24, when I will turn 62. Even then it won't be a lot, not enough to pay the bills anyway. However, between Mom and me perhaps we will be bringing in enough money. It is between now and December that is the problem. I keep doing stupid things that get me deeper into debt. At the time I do them they don't seem stupid, it's only after the bills come in that I realize how stupid I was and it is too late. This is getting to be a depressing entry, but I am depressed this afternoon. I write about the problem because it usually helps me to find a solution if I write long enough. However, this is the second entry I've made on the subject and I haven't found a solution yet. The first entry was in my off line journal, Writing My Spiritual Journey. I wrote a long letter to Baha'u'llah in that journal. That letter was about 670 words. I know there is a solution, I know there must be a way even with my lousy credit score to get more money, but I just can't see it. My virus scan is scheduled for 3:00 PM Pacific Time, so I think I will get off line and let the scan do its thing while I say some prayers and meditate. After that I will see what solution I can find, maybe I am taking the wrong approach to this entire matter. |
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