We’ve actually had a thunderstorm here!  That is majorly exciting.  I thought Bahrain never had storms, ever.  I am in my second year here on this island, and this is the first storm we’ve had.  Sure we have dust storms, but here I’m specifically speaking of storms with some kind of water falling out of [...]

First, I’m sorry I haven’t posted since early January.  I even had some posts planned, but they just didn’t get written.  I got busy at work and then studying for my EXW and then I got sick–for three weeks.  I call it the Bahraini Crud because that virus has swept through the island and everyone [...]

I miss writing my blog, but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to do it. I have several posts about our vacation back in May that have been sitting in my drafts folder in the admin part of my blog all this time.  Someday I plan on posting them–it’ll probably be in the [...]

(Again, hover over the picture to view the caption.  Click to make bigger.) It was actually cold getting off the plane in Alaska.  We were wearing sweatshirts, but after living in hot Bahrain we didn’t have much in the way of jackets (and no coats at all), and we didn’t bring any anyway.  But it [...]

Today is the first day of spring!  For those of you in northern climates you are probably rejoicing right now.  It’s finally getting warmer, the snows are gone for good (you hope, especially those of you in Canada), the crocuses and daffodils and other spring flowers are blooming, the redbuds are blooming, the trees are [...]

It rained tonight!  Actual, honest-to-goodness water coming down from the sky! I’ve been here since the end of June and this is the first time it has rained (that I know of). It started as people were leaving church.  The kids were so excited.  They acted just like small children back home do when it [...]

This is my first post of my new blog. Welcome. This blog comes to you from a small island off the coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabian Peninsula) in the Arabian (or Persian) Gulf. It is also the Land of the Two Seas. Why? “Bahrain” means “two seas” in Arabic. What are the [...]