Tag: Solitude

I hadn’t expected be afraid on night one. The muffled sound of the TV was gone. The occasional bark of our dog and the jingle of her collar were absent. Many of our belongings and furniture were replaced with vacant corners and walls. My ex-wife had just moved out. A whole chapter of my lif...

The Eiffel Tower is nothing but metal. Over a thousand feet of iron riveted and sledgehammered into a ghastly web of beams and trusses that rises torturously in the Parisian sky. In the harsh daylight, it encumbers the horizon, standing unabashedly in the most romantic city of the world as...

As the warmth of summer gives way to the cool embrace of autumn, an invitation echoes through the Sierra Nevada mountain range: the call of the John Muir Trail. This 211-mile odyssey through pristine wilderness unfolds like a story, painting a canvas of nature’s finest. Having embarked on this...

We should call to righteousness those who indulge in sin and seek nothing but the pleasure of Allah(swt) From it. Be a good example to your Family and relatives. That includes adhering to the laws of Allah with regard to yourself, and adhering to Islamic attitudes and conduct in all your affairs&...

These are my first thoughts. Yet I haven't even asked the main question: Is there any basis for Aldous Huxley’s assertion in reality? So is it? What ‘true’, the statement by Aldous Huxley? Shall we have a journey into the anatomy of the mind in solitude and in situ? Or ...

Inthe Colombian town of Yarumal, the twin towers of the basilica overlook a central plaza that slopes steeply down the mountainside. Next to it stands a school, featuring the iconic black-and-white stripes of famed local architect Augustín Goovaerts. On a sunny February afternoon the square i...