Aug 21, 2009
Ramadaan Mubarak
Tweet You wouldn’t believe how hard it was to find an acceptably level surface in our home in order to make this picture work. It’s still not perfectly balanced, but I’m not anal enough to care. Aller is my flavour-of-the-month font. It’s clean and is subtle in its playfulness. It’s available for free download from this danish... read more
Sep 30, 2008
Eat Mubarak (updated)
Tweet And so to end, as we began, Eid Mubarak from myself and the folks at someecards.com. Sucks that we can’t agree on a date, but hey, we can’t even agree on which of the 72 will make it to the finish line. May your day be a beautiful celebration of Faith, family and food. To note; fennel, ginger and turmeric are good remedies for... read more
Sep 16, 2008
You know what I am before you know who I am.
Tweet My original concept for this was to have the words form the image of the woman wearing the scarf, a textual graphic, similar to the Islamic calligraphy where verses of the Quran are written stylistically to curve into and form shapes from nature. But, I am artistically-inept, any rendering would have been as elegant as a crayon left to melt in the... read more
Sep 8, 2008
“Be water, my friend” and current addictions
Tweet Ramadaan and fasting has me as placid and calm as an undisturbed forest pool,  and I am more inclined to do what is asked of me. Like Bruce Lee, my way is of water. So while I don’t usually respond to tags as a full blog post, I will do this for Fatima because not only am I roza-compliant, but she is almost-family and gave me a really... read more
Sep 6, 2008
Day 4, 5 and 6
Tweet I was born on the fifth of Ramadaan. A friday much like yesterday, except for the faint chill of winter that threads through June air. I always forget my islamic calendar birthday, and had to be reminded by my mother. Once I hit fast#3, the days become one huge amalgamated mass of light and dark, with only the numbered chapters of the Quran and... read more
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