Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Honey Extraction Moon<\/p>\n
Mark has a new job in Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.\u00a0 He will teach English as a foreign language, as he did so well at AUA in Bangkok for twelve years.\u00a0 He worked hard over the last five months to recollect himself, to figure out next steps then find a job.\u00a0 This last he’d focused on hard the last couple of weeks and it got results.<\/p>\n
Kate and I are both happy for him.\u00a0 He’s “wired” right now, still shifting his mentality from unemployed to suddenly employed and about to undertake a journey from Minnesota, which has begun to slide toward fall and Saudi Arabia, where seasons are much different.<\/p>\n
His word and Mary’s, who’s worked with educational programing in Bahrain, for the culture there is austere, at least from a Western or Southeast Asian perspective.\u00a0 By austere they mean at least the prohibition on alcohol, unveiled women, internet censorship and the overwhelming presence of Islam and not just any Islam, but an Islam markedly influence by the Wahabi sect, spawn of Islamic extremists like bin Laden.\u00a0 Also no movies and sharia justice.<\/p>\n
Mark has a German friend who attended a public execution, held on Friday right after prayers.\u00a0 He found himself shoved to the front of the crowd to experience the scimitar facilitated beheading.<\/p>\n
This will also mean a change for us, a move back into Kate’s retirement, leaning into that more as Mark’s saga here, at least for now, comes to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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