by Deborah Quinn | Jul 6, 2016 | Abu Dhabi, religion
Eid mubarak! The long days of Ramadan have passed, and now it’s the time for celebration. We’re in New York already, and still in the hazy fugue-like state of jet lag (compounded by having been in Bangkok ten days ago); I wake up in the middle of the night...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 17, 2016 | Abu Dhabi, Children, family, tech life, The National
Let me say first that I have a bit of an internet obsession. I stay way too connected to faraway friends on Facebook and I am a too frequent visitor to Tom and Lorenzo. My books float through the ether from Amazon and land in my kindle, like Mike Teevee in Charlie and...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 9, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, family, growing up, Kids, NaBloPoMo, Parenting, tech life, The National
I’m still playing ketchup with nablopomo, which sounds a bit like something you’d order in a Mexican restaurant, doesn’t it? You can read today’s post in Abu Dhabi’s newspaper, where I’m writing about the eternal conflict between...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 28, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Kids, The National, Travel
I wrote about our trip to Pompeii in The National the other day. Wandering those ancient sites makes a gal wonder about what will be left behind when our civilization disappears–and I have to say, the answers that come to mind aren’t exactly...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 21, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, growing up, Kids, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, Travel
Okay, sure, things have been a little slow over here these days. There’s been nothing here but ostriches and while ostriches are always appropriate, sort of like champagne, I can understand that looking at the lady ostriches settling into the dust might be a...
