how did I still have energy to dance at the concert tonight?  I do not know.  I suppose it helped to discover that when it said "students of Kay Hardy Campbell performing Khaleegi" on the program, that meant *us* from the workshop, not a group of her regular students.  I didn't have my thobe with me but one other woman also didn't, so we declared ( Read more... )

I unpacked my package from Syria last night (I'm sure there's a Homeland Security dossier on me now) and discovered that what I received isn't exactly what I ordered, but I'm ok with what I got.  I had ordered a 3-vcd set of Egyptian performers (check), a Farid al-Atrache concert (check) and a Hakim concert (nope), and did not order another belly ( Read more... )

yay, people are signing up for the Tempest and Ariellah workshops!  It's real ( Read more... )

1.  I now own a muddler.  I shall muddle all the damn day ( Read more... )