intlxpatr wrote 17 hours ago: “Have you heard about the great pumpkin shortage?” asked my friend Grammy. I think I sno … more →
intlxpatr wrote 2 days ago: Thanks, Grammy! If you have ever had an interest in exploring the Souqs, now is the time. The weathe … more →
intlxpatr wrote 2 days ago: We were talking about marriage prospects, and I mentioned one young man. She hesitated, then told me … more →
intlxpatr wrote 3 days ago: “I need a hundred camel spoons,” my friend said, and since we all sort of think on the s … more →
intlxpatr wrote 4 days ago: Life has gotten busy, and somehow November is here and I haven’t made my fruitcakes. I need to … more →
intlxpatr wrote 4 days ago: Sometimes change happens, and it happens so slowly or so subtly that you don’t really realize … more →
intlxpatr wrote 4 days ago: For the last few nights, AdventureMan and I have been sleeping without the air conditioner – i … more →
intlxpatr wrote 5 days ago: A while back, there was a blogger, Fonzy, who was more here there and everywhere than . . . Here The … more →
intlxpatr wrote 5 days ago: This is a view trying to leave the Souq al Waqef around nine o’clock on a date-night Thursday … more →
intlxpatr wrote 5 days ago: I got it half right. I was good taking photos until our main courses arrived, but when we got to Al … more →
intlxpatr wrote 6 days ago: On the homeward drive, I saw this sight, and laughed. There is a clue as to where this is, but it su … more →
intlxpatr wrote 1 week ago: Hubby and I were at a mall which is one of the Qatar see-and-be-seen places tonight, not to see nor … more →
intlxpatr wrote 1 week ago: I thought this was so cute when I passed it on B-ring today: I don’t know what it’s all … more →
intlxpatr wrote 1 week ago: Today I had one of those experiences I have so often in Doha, a “no-one-would-believe-me … more →
intlxpatr wrote 1 week ago: Do you ever visit QatarLiving.com? It’s one of those places where you can end up passing a lot … more →
intlxpatr wrote 1 week ago: From today’s Gulf Times: Debate on Qatari press law The Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) w … more →
intlxpatr wrote 1 week ago: Twenty years ago tomorrow, and I still hold my breath in wonder. I was doing a very untypical thing … more →
intlxpatr wrote 1 week ago: What gets me about this article I found on BBC News is buried way down is a detail that a 13 year ol … more →