Shahnaz Blog
The Facebook challenge
I cannot believe I have come so far. I took a self-made Facebook challenge to stay away for a week. My week ended this past Sunday at 2pm, but I didn't realize I hit the mark until a couple of...
Macbeth
Clayton Community Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Macbeth was a wonderful presentation of the original script of the famous Scottish Play, as it's so known in the theatre community....
The list
I haven't been on Facebook for 3 day now. I am very impressed with myself. The first day was hard. I would look at my phone constantly, out of habit, wanting to click on the FB button...
12 Years A Slave? Not really. Forever a slave!
Yes, this post is about the movie. I watched, not expecting to be taken to a cliff and thrown off. I think the memory of the movie that truly cuts through me, are those scenes where the...
Challenging myself
I have been on blogger for almost 8 months now and I wonder about my readership. Does it really matter? Of course it does. Yes, I love to write and I would write irrespective, but...
Machu Picchu – Finally. Day 4.
How do I describe the start of this day? Well, for starters last night, my room mate Salman woke up pretty much every hour to first throw up and then sounded like significant diarrhea. I tried to...
Keep Up To Date
Keeping track of thoughts
When I started this blog, the one advice I got was to write down blog post ideas. Well, I did write ideas down. I have a few sitting on my iPhone notes even as we speak, but the funny...
What do we really have?
Interesting thought occurred to me. When I talk to people, I constantly hear of things that are not right in their lives. Basically I hear complaints about not having enough money, or...
Magical past poisoned by our future.
I look at our world today and wonder. Have we moved forward or run backwards? I guess the thought that really prompted this post is Dubai. A city of glitz and glamour. A Las...
Two memories – cookie dough ice cream and a bookstore!
Dear friends, I know it's been a long, long, long time since I've blogged, so I'll just dive right in. Have you ever felt like the world was collapsing around you? As though things...
HMS Victory continued…
Hello folks. Remember my modeling project. Still working on it. I ran into a bit of a road block with the French and the instructions. I couldn't figure out what they were asking me to...
Modeling – HMS Victory – first step.
Where do I begin? To start off with, I got a gift from my husband for Christmas. It's a model set of the HMS Victory - over 2000 pieces. I was so excited. I've always wanted...