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New and Interesting Blogs & Sites I've come across lately

Unabashedly, I admit it:  I am a blog-idea thief.  And I do pilfer from others.  Especially links to other blogs of interest.  So, when I say I've come across these new and wonderful blogs and sites, sure enough, they were somebody else's favorites or I "acquired" them from someone.  The thing is, I get them from contacts or friends (who now tell me they do the same things to me).

Anyway, I actually read a post or two from the sites below.  They're amazing.  Great reading whether you agree with the politics or not.  The first impression is the thing:  if the writing + the graphics all seem to flow together, and give you that warm, fuzzy, "I-think-I-just-learned-something" feeling, then this is a very good thing.

The photos (upper Left) are numbered 1-3.

1.  My Marakesh.  This is the blog of a very interesting American woman (moroccomaryam), a happily married mother of two.  She and her family live in Marrakesh where she is the editor of the Lifestyle portion of a cultural magazine called Last Exit.  She blogs about her adventures living in Morocco, as well as her travels to other exotic locales.  This blog was ranked as a finalist in the 2007 Bloggies (weblog awards) for the Best African or Middle Eastern Weblog.  Highly Recommended for your perusal.

2.  Secret Dubai Diary.  I could tell you all about this blog...but then I'd probably have to kill you.

The term that comes to mind is chutzpah.  Secret Dubai diary is a surprisingly funny blog whose tagline states:  Intrigue and Adventure in the United Arab Emirates.  It focuses on local Dubai color, events, tourist sites, and some local news reports.  Not only is its header eye-catching, but take a look at a few of the post titles:

Sheik Mo gets a Grip, or, the Great Dubai Jewel Heist, for example.  There's this bizarre case of cannibalism that occurred in an unobtrusively docile area called Al Ain.  And, my favorite is the post about a palm tree that has the right to sue the drunk driver that ran into it. O, and this blog actually won the 2007 Bloggies award under the Best African/Middle Eastern weblog.   

I love storytellers, and really good stories.  Lately, I've developed a love of ethnically Jewish writing - tongue-in-cheek stuff, poetry, prose, short stories, doesn't matter.  There are so many amazingly talented writers out there right now (of various ethnicities), that I just wish I could be fed intravenously, and have the super-spidey ability of staying awake all night.

3.  The Blue Jew Yorker is a home and a journal for the aforementioned talent.  It's a digital compendium of writings by Jewish, as well as non-Jewish authors.  Some of the writing is hip and gritty (see the poem called Basketball).  And, some of it is unbelievably fluid and cerebral.  One of the authors of some note is a Sociology Professor in addition to an artist (www.danielyharris.com), and he holds an M.A. in Divinity - he wrote his dissertation on the Zohar (oy vey).  I had no idea you could do this.  But then again, I am very new to Kabbalah.  All the same a great variety of wordstock.  Again, Highly Recommended for your perusal.

Speaking of Kabbalah...

Last, but definitely, not the least, is a very mind-boggling blog called StoneFlower Kabbalah.  The author clearly knows his Creator, but he also has a deep understanding of the spiritual nature of the times we're living in right now.  I have yet to meet or hear of anyone with this much knowlege.  I think I actually gushed a reply to one of his posts that knowledge seemed to flow out of him like water.  It's an ideal blog for a serious student of Kabbalah.  On a side note:  The author (Michael Margolis) does not bombard you with info about himself, like some of us bloggers are more than happy to do.  Other than the simple statement that he's a teacher, very little by way of a Profile is given outside of this.  If you enjoy learning about Kabbalah, this is irrelevant.  What is in his blogs is knowledge we can all use.  Very Highly Recommended for serious Kabbalah/Spirituality interest.

Thanks for visiting, and have a great week.

tsefiya/aka/ronni.