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"I'm sure of one thing: history will not spare anyone, it will be written and the truth will come out sooner rather than later."
A well-respected doctor, with connections to the Syrian state, made this statement in 1982 in the midst of Hafez Al Assad's brutal massacre in the city of Hama, which killed about 10,000 people in the span of a month. While Assad's campaign targeted the Muslim Brotherhood, it killed many of the city's other dissidents and citizens.
It was a tragic and frightening reminder of the Syrian state's willingness to quash all dissent for the sake of maintaining its own power. At the time, it was also the deadliest massacre in Syrian history. That is, until the Syrian uprising of 2011.
In The Home That Was Our Country, Syrian-American journalist, Alia Malek, recounts Syria's historical and political progression from the early twentieth century to the formative years of the 2011 uprising, through the experience of her own family. The historical evolution begins with Malek's great-great-grandmother, Marta, and her great-grandfather Abdeljawwad, as they try and save Armenians fleeing from the Turkish genocide, which began in 1914. The progression continues until Malek's final days in Syria in 2013.
Malek, who was born and grew up in the United States, traveled to Syria at the start of the uprising under the pretext of renovating her family's home. In reality, she had gone to witness and report on the revolution. She left in the spring of 2013, as the once peaceful uprising was being engulfed by armed conflict.
While there have been many books written about the current Syrian conflict, Malek's stands out as one of the most compelling and accessible. By including her own family's narrative, as well as Syria's larger historical context, Malek helps the reader understand the pervasive nature of repression in the country, both then and now, and the miracle that was the 2011 uprising.
Family Stories as Historical Narratives
The book is split into three main parts. In the first, Malek tells the story of Marta, her son Abdeljawwad, and his daughter, Salma, Malek's maternal grandmother. Salma is the central figure of the book. The effective head of the family, she represents its suffering and resilience.
The second part of the book focuses on Malek's trips to Syria, Egypt, and Israel/Palestine, while she was in college and law school. The third and final segment begins in 2011, just as the first demonstrations of the revolution broke out in the city of Deraa.
While a family memoir, The Home That Was Our Country is, in fact, also "a memoir of Syria," as the country's development is reflected in the lives of Malek's family members. This is highlighted by the many historical events that played out in their lives–for example, the intersection between Syria's French colonial and early nationalist history and Malek's great-grandfather's emergence as a local political figure in Hama.
Shared by countless others who have lived in Syria, the experiences of Malek's family represent a microcosm of life in the country in the 20th and early 21st century. In learning how Malek's family adapted and struggled in the face of sometimes whiplash-fast changes that happened in Syria over the last 100 years, the reader gets a taste for how politics and repression have been a part of everyday life for most Syrians. We see this most potently when, in 1980, in the lead up to the Hama massacre,* Nazir, Salma's beloved brother and Malek's great-uncle, is forcibly disappeared by the government, and found dead in a hospital, with signs of torture, days later.
Through Malek's own journeys in Syria, the reader gets first-hand insight into the repression of Bashar Al Assad's regime, and the omnipresence of the mukhabarat, or secret police, who listen in on private conversations at cafes, universities, marketplaces, and elsewhere. Using humor to cope with this fear, Syrians fashioned jokes about the mukhabarat's insidiousness. In the book, Malek recounts one of these jokes: the CIA, KGB, Israeli Mossad, and mukhabarat are all given an assignment to retrieve a fox from the forest within an hour. The first three teams finish their task in under sixty minutes. The mukhabarat, however, comes back four hours later. "The Syrians, in their leather jackets, are coolly smoking; one of them is holding the rabbit up by its neck. The leader responds, 'He confessed. He admitted he is a fox,'" Malek writes.
Living in Syria in the Midst of Revolution and War
In the last part of the book, Malek eloquently recounts day-to-day life during the first two years of the uprising and subsequent war. In arguably the most profound sequence of this section, Malek visits a "psychodrama," a group, psychotherapy session in which participants act out traumatic situations. During the session, one participant pretends to be a regime operative, while others act out various attitudes toward the uprising common in Syrian society: one participants wants to see Syria on par with countries in Europe, another wants social justice to take hold in the country.
It is a powerful scene, marked both by fear, bravery, and hope. "Only he who tries can dream," one participant said. "Those who dream went to the streets–they'll die but at least they're not just going along."
Malek recounts other experiences as well, including conversations with college students and youth in Syria, who were defying the regime through the most simple of acts. One of the student activists Malek befriends, nicknamed "Carnations," is taken by the mukhabarat and detained nearly a week for handing out flowers with tags that said "Stop the Killing."
An Urgent Reminder
With American leftist discourse on Syria in disarray, The Home That Was Our Country is a necessary and urgent reminder that the roots of the Syrian war lie in decades of cronyism, deep-seated corruption, and ruthless repression. By placing the Assad regime at the center of the escalating war, Malek dispels narratives that present the war as a purely humanitarian crisis or frame Assad as "the best of all evils."
Malek's book also places everyday citizens, who are so often erased by the debates and news coverage, at the center of Syria's conflict. They are the protagonists – the ones who have endured stifling repression and, in many cases, have sacrificed their lives.
Most importantly, however, Malek reminds us of the beautiful place her family still calls home, even if they are forced to be separated from it, for now.
*CORRECTION (6-5-17): This article originally claimed that Malek's uncle was killed in 1982. He was, in fact, killed in 1980, as the Assad regime was consolidating its rule in a process that culminated in the Hama massacre.


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I've been a planning director and have had similar reactions in the past. For example, one visitor at city hall asked to see the Community Development Director. When I emerged from my office, he said, "Oh, I wanted to see the planner."
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Search and Reunion -- adult adoptee (Korea) Bae Gang Shik at The Transracial Korean Adoptee Nexus... thoughts about his upcoming reunion with his first mother
Behavior I Regret -- adoptive momma (domestic) Dawn at this woman's work... a journey of emotions when thinking about and interacting with her child's first parents
Say My Name: Changing My Adoptive Name -- adult adoptee (Korea) Chun-Soon Li, who regularly blogs at killer concubines & the meek shall inherit the earth, at the blog 8 Asians... thoughts about her recent change from the name given to her by her adoptive parents to her first, Korean name -- be sure to read the comments here
What's In A Name? -- adult adoptee (Korea) InMySeoul... another respectful, though slightly different opinion from an adoptee about the topic of changing one's name
Overheard from Sparkle: One Funny and One Serious -- adoptive momma to Sparkle and Pumpkin (domestic, semi-open and international, South Africa) at Mayhem and Magic... what does adoption say about her family?
love and fear -- waiting to adopt (domestic) luna at musings from the edge... thoughts and feelings during the final weeks of their wait, as K is due in a few weeks
birthmother -- adult adoptee (Taiwan) Mei-Ling at Shadow Between Two Worlds... her first momma is more than just a "birthmother" - she is her mother
One-Sided Secrets -- adoptive momma (domestic, open) Heather at Production, Not Reproduction... about secrets that her family does not control
The Language Journey of Lex-B -- adult adoptee (Korea) Sang Shil-Kim at Land of the Not-So-Calm... powerful post about language and culture and the transracial adoptee
Apparently, "Slanty Eyes" Photos are the New Pink -- guest contributor Jenn Fang, who regularly blogs at Reappropriate, at the blog Racialicious... if your children are Hannah Montana or Jonas Brothers fans, then you really should read this post
Race and Identity -- adult adoptee (India) Pushpa Duncklee at Pushpa's Blog... an interesting role reversal for a Caucasian friend
Babies!!! -- adoptive momma (China) the Rumor Queen at China Adopt Talk... lists links to the blogs of families expecting referrals this month
Material Girl is Denied Lucky Star Treatment -- adult adoptee and adoptive momma (Korea) Paula at Heart, Mind and Seoul... a long, hard look at "what is best?" versus "what is good enough?" after Malawian courts deny Madonna petition to adopt
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- Tonggu Momma Husband said...
Your third link, about the woman changing her name back to Korean ... it makes me so very happy that we are at least trying to be open minded about these topics ... and how important it is to keep focus on what's best for the Tongginator. At the same time, it makes me cringe when I hear/read other adoptive parents and the things they sometimes say. Thanks for the effort honey, it's appreciated every week.
- April 5, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Kiy said...
Funny you should comment about the exact same link I was going to comment on! The parent that was so obnoxious ... I do worry about that, close-minded and self-righteous. We are trying, so hard, to learn for our little gal. We want to always say the right things, have the perfect answers for her, help her find her way. We know, however, that we won't always say the right things, have all the answers she needs, nor always be able to help her find her way. But reading blogs from adult adoptees helps, so very much! Keeping an open mind would be the first step. That commenter does not have one. He has all the answers - in his mind. However, he doesn't. And his daughters will bear the consequences. (And unlike some of the other commenters, I do feel he is an adoptive parent and not someone just coming in to stir the pot, and that saddens me. I do hope someone is able to open his mind, or be there for his girls.)
I'm rambling. I know it and can't stop! I wanted to process what the young woman was writing, and had to stop reading the comments and go back to the original post. Her feelings are something I do worry about with our little gal. Sure, we are doing our best, but we are two white folks raising a Chinese child. And yes, the only way we would have been able to have a family is by adopting. So the inner struggles are there. I do hear what she is saying, and she makes me challenge myself. And really, that's why I follow your links – to challenge myself and learn.
Thank you TM, you have helped me find a new (to me) blog site (actually, two!) that I want to follow and read more of. This young woman's writing is amazing. I feel I will learn a lot from her and the others at 8Asians.
P.S. Yikes, this ended up being long! :)
- April 6, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Mei-Ling said...
I believe the adoptive parent (you're referring to) was actually an adoptive parent. He was too direct and honest about his emotions and mindset to be a troll or otherwise.
It was frustrating though...
- April 6, 2009 at 4:54 PM
- luna said...
thanks for the link! I look fwd to checking out some of the others.
- April 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM


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As you can see, the "floor" is still a bit wild. I'm hoping this year we'll get to creating a flagstone, brick or stone paver 'floor' in time for a graduation party.
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I'm searching craigslist for an option with more seating than the bistro set. I'd love to get my hands on this for $40 and give it a makeover, but I haven't received a response from my inquiry yet. This would be lovely for in the gazebo part.
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David, from Beighton, was named Milkman of the Year 2011 in a competition run by Dairy UK.
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As well as his title and certificate David, a keen hockey player, received a cheque for £1,250 in recognition of his stellar work.


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Thursday, June 3, 2010
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There will be 7 bands throughout day, motorcycle run, fun fair, dinner, princesses, cake walk, child id kits, amazing raffle baskets, gift cards, sports memorabilia and lots of fun for everyone:) Dinner tickets are going fast...if you plan on coming you can reserve your spot by purchasing tickets on our website or, for those of you in the area, we will have tickets available at the house.
Check out our website WWW.BLASTnb.com for more details. All of this is in honor of one amazing little princess named Lisa in an effort to raise money for Motts Hospital and Rainbow Connection. We want to make this day one that will not be forgotten..rain or shine hope to see you all there!!
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Lisa is a beautiful and amazing lil girl! I will be there to help at the Fun Fare!
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Hi my name is Jackie Robertson, my daughter Jennavieve was born Jan. 11th 2008 and was diagnosed on Feb. 24th 2008 at just 6 weeks of age with stage 3 Neuroblastoma. Jenna's tumor was on her spine and has cause her to have no feeling from the waist down and is now considered a paraplegic and she has a Neurogenic Bladder and Bowels. I will tell you with not being able to walk this little girl is very independent nothing stops her. During her time with Chemo, blood transfusions, ER visits, tests, scans, etc. Jenna was such a happy little girl for going through such a horrible thing. Jenna is 2 1/2 and has been cancer free for almost 2 years. I will be at the BlastNB tomorrow. I just wanted to share my story with you, us parents need to know were not alone in this. You are in our prayers.
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I'm a classical man and was particularly struck by one of the images in the Sept. 2011 issue of American Cinematographer (http://www.theasc.co...ymous/page1.php), the third one down on the right, of Oxford seated at his desk. This is a superb composition is every respect, and the lighting is something I'd like to try to replicate as a learning exercise. My guess is that a tall, fairly narrow softbox created the highlight on the pewter vessel and was either egg-crated or carefully flagged to control horizontal spill; a hard light of some kind, possibly a Source4, created the shaft of key light on the subject and the glare-angle highlight on the chair back.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Parting is such sweet sorrow... Shakespeare
Naturally I had to have one more piece from August before he left. (No not a piece of that..... talking about INK! Get your filthy minds out of the gutter....we only talked briefly about ball gags one time...OK maybe swapped some restraining techniques, but that was it!) My birthday was at the end of September and my beloved hubby was gracious enough to give me some new ink for this blessed occasion.
I wanted ravens, bad. I have Native American roots as well and Irish and Scottish. Ravens are my Native American Totem or like an astrological symbol which is very similar to my Libra sign. And it also represents freedom in the Celtic world. But I didn't know how I wanted to represent the raven. I went on a search for ravens and ideas on the web. It was a bit tough, as it is hard to get a lot of detail or a desired pose with something that unless stuffed and mounted constantly moves, flies and is completely black. Then I came across this picture above. I immediately loved the concept of the birds escaping the cage and their more abstract look. I sent it over to August and told him to see what he could do with it, but to ditch the bitch and explained to him the significance of all the symbolism it represented for me. This recent event and post on my blog explains some of it, if you are interested. How ironic it would all come up so harshly less than a month after receiving my ravens. And believe me, looking in the mirror at my ravens over the past few weeks has been helpful to me, healing...a reminder of how far I have come and the strength I still have in me.
Needless to say my master of pain delivered as promised. He replaced the girl with just a few small links of chain that was broken, indicating this was a message of freedom. And he went with the abstract birds except for the large one on the bottom that had more detail to it.
When I arrived he had all of the elements drawn up. He cut out each bird and we began (should I say he did cause I get spanked if I question his judgement!!!) :) He carefully placed each bird until it was "just right." And damn if he didn't get it just right. This was my largest commitment to skin I have made yet and he did an incredible job!
So here it is, the ravens for the raven haired one. I cannot begin to tell you how many compliments I have had bestowed upon me thus far. I have no problem in sporting a spaghetti string tank top whenever possible to show off the treasures on my back with pride.
I already mentioned the chain, which August threw in because he "gets" me. The abstract birds escaping one at time represents the many different oppressions in my life and that to free yourself you never get out in one whole piece, but in stages as we are much more complex than one bird, but many. Such as the common analogy of an onion with many layers. You cannot get to the next until you peel away the first and so on.
I should be hearing from August soon with his new location and adventures (trust me, everything with August is an adventure.) When I hear from him, I'll post the news. I just hope the move back went well and that things are starting to settle for him. It is never easy to move, especially with the way the world and economy is right now.
The plan is eventually to have August's wife to start feeding me information and desires for this blog and help to maintain it or whatever it is they want for me to do. It is my pleasure to do so. It is strange how you develop a bond with someone who permanently alters your body for life. He and his wife are very lovely and unique individuals who I do hope to work with personally again and not just through the Internet.
And Gus...I really do hope we see you back up here. I am addicted, and you are to blame. How can one settle for less now??
Monday, July 14, 2008
Meet the Web Mistress, M.I. (A very satisfied customer)
This blog is about August Moon, but I am sure you are going to be meeting some of his friends and clients (in some cases both.) This will be a place for him to share his thoughts, his art work, and his location, as he is somewhat of a traveling salesman or gypsy of sorts right now. I thought I would take a few moments to introduce myself and share the dreadfully boring story of how we met and how I ended up here, managing a blog for him and show off my new prized piece of artwork from August.
So, 38, re-married, mother of 2 boys (10 and 15) the eldest having severe autism. The autism part gives you a rather wicked sick and twisted sense of humor. Also makes you tough as nails. You sink or swim in this business of "disability" and I am not known for my wall flower skills.
I started to get ink when I was 36. I figured I was grown up enough to decide if I should make permanent marks on my body by then. Besides, the two pregnancies of giving birth to two gorillas already did the damage. I find it rather amusing when folks say, "Ain't you afraid of what yer tattoos are gonna look like when you are 80 years old?" SHIT! Do you honestly think I am going to give a cows crap what my body looks like when I am 80 years old? I will be amazed if I lived that long! Honestly, folks are so hooked on what is on the outside and not what is on the inside.
I am a graphic designer, and as my hands gave out years ago and I found the joys of computer graphics. I especially love to take photos and mutate them into something completely different. Photos are merely a canvas of color for me to play with. With that being said, I love art of all kinds. I especially love the surrealists, the rule breakers, the rebels. I like different and unique art and individuals such as August Moon fit right into my idea of "normal." (Whatever the hell normal is.)
So me and the family packed it up and headed to the beach for the 4th of July holiday weekend just like 300,000 other folks. We stay at my in-laws so we have a lot of freedom and move around more like locals than tourists on vacation. I read in the local paper about a new tattoo shop that opened up just down the street called Bewitched. Nice! I thought I would take a few minutes of time for myself (I know, I am a horrible mommy for doing that) and ask about a dragon fly on my foot that had faded and needed some sprucing up.
The owner John Minka was busy inflicting pain, er I mean art on another client when I walked in, but in the back was a unique looking gentleman who seemed available. Bright green crocs, an equally bright green Hawaiian shirt, hat, long white hair and beard and glasses loaded with rhinestones (which I secretly coveted.) I have a saying "If it sparkles, it is good."
Anyway, I started to talk to him about my foot. He advises me to go back to the original artist and gives advise on how to fix the issue. Well, I gotta tell ya. I liked the guy, he was easy to chat with and very interesting, and for some strange reason, I really wanted to get some work done buy this Moon man. I ran back to my in-laws, went to my site, printed out a photo of my original and first tat and doodled a few ideas I had been thinking about for some time. As I said, it was my first, so it was a bit conservative as I was new at making my own skin a canvas for art. Being a graphic designer I am use to handing in "ready art", so I work up the art and just hand it to the tattooist expecting him/her to produce as shown. (I know, major control issues....therapy takes forever!) Each part of my butterfly meant something to me, so I didn't want to loose those elements, but I definitely wanted to spruce it up. I really felt like I could just let this guy go nuts and do his thing and I trusted him. Believe me, that is not something that happens every day in my world.
I told him what I liked, he drew right on me. The first one didn't fly,but the second one did. It was just a matter of talking it out and him getting to know what I wanted. "Swirls, stars, color, I love the word Imagine, yeah I like water too!" Doesn't sound like something you could put together and make much sense of. So I sat in his
chair, pulled up my hair and let him do his thing, his way. I didn't look to much while he worked on me. I had a sense of peace and calm and my gut was telling me this was going to work out just fine. It was also telling me I was hungry but the bitter sweet pain of of getting tattooed subsided that for a while. After the first 5 or 10 minutes, this little freak actually likes the feeling of getting inked. I think folks just get themselves all psyched up about it and make it bigger than what it really is. An old saying is "The anticipation is usually greater than the event." and "Pain in inevitable, Misery is optional." I love quotes, in case you have not gathered that by now.
So this is the finished product. I stood up, looked in the mirror and I am pretty sure my jaw hit the floor. (Really sorry about drooling on your table dude.) Wow! I mean WOW!
So I go home, glowing. I post my photos and immediately start having folks asking me if they can see more of his work on-line and where do they go to see it. Gee, I don't know! I start looking around myself and he was a bit of a trick to find. Finally I give in and just call him. After a conversation or two this blog is born. So here it is and hopefully this will prove to be a nice home for August and his clients to talk, share, show and brag about the wonderful and often misunderstood world of tattoos.
Be sure to visit August Moon and shop owner of Bewitched Tattoos John Minka in Rehoboth.
19478 Coastal Highway (Route 1), Shoppes of Camelot, Rehoboth, DE 19971 (302) 260-9751
Thanks August!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
An Introduction
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AUGUST MOON the boldly clad gentleman
by Joy Treacy
I first met August Moon at the 2001 Meadowlands Tattoo Convention. We were at the hotel bar when this gentleman walked past us, almost glowing, wearing a bright mustard hat and suit. This boldly clad gentleman was August Moon. He wore a solid 14 karat gold tattoo machine necklace, that he himself designed.
Charismatic and a delight to talk to, I sat down with August recently and got to know him a little better. August started out in the tattoo business in 1993, working with Philadelphia Eddie. With his artistic background, he picked up the skill quickly and in 1995, he decided to branch out on his own, opening his own shop in Delaware. He has since expanded to a larger studio, one of the largest I have ever seen. In addition to being a well-respected artist in the tattoo community, he is also a very revered businessman.
The respect that he has gained does not come undeserved. His good business sense and participation in helping with the new rules and regulations that govern the tattoo business, have helped establish legitimacy of the industry as a whole. He has worked with the health department and shed new light on current tattoo practices and safeguards in the industry. He credits Cliff Raven and Ed Hardy for taking the first steps to get the tattoo business out of the basement and give it a better image. "The business is more about the art and not just about being a freak," says August. He attributes the success of the tattoo business in the last 10 years to the the collaborative efforts of the community as a whole.


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Logic Design aka LD seemed to be the most illogical thing on this side of the universe today... Damn why'd they make the paper so screwy!
Maybe I ought to take LSD...
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I'm going to Tokyo on a vacation trip and was thinking of buying some airsoft stuff, obviously not guns to avoid any problem with customs but internals, inner barrels and such. I have in mind something like upgrading a simple m14 (cyma for example) to an efficient DMR or buying something to improve my kwa m4.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Okay, so in addition to the people who have to preface all of their stuff with "Oh, I would NEVER normally do online dating", there are the people who are looking for casual sex, multiple partners of either sex, or who try to deny monogamy on some stupid philosophical level. This all points to one thing in my mind: simultaneous fear of and desperate need for intimacy. The people not wanting monogamy are probably so afraid of the vulnerability that comes with monogamous intimacy, that they spread the love around in hopes that the burn won't be so bad. Or maybe they're just horny bastards, but honestly, I believe that even horny bastards wanted true love at some point and just got turned around by fear or trauma or something else entirely.
That brings me to my next pondering: every last person on this planet craves intimacy. We crave it so badly we look anywhere for it. ANYWHERE. As humans, we need closeness. We need to love and to belong. Somewhere inside us is someone who wants the responsibility of loving someone else so completely that we forget everything else. I believe we are all, on some level, looking for that connection, that one person who finally - FINALLY - gets us.
I mean, the sad truth is that no one will ever know us completely, as we know ourselves. That's impossible. And in our fast-paced, electronic society it's becoming harder and harder to find the intimacy that even comes close. We're having to go through our freaking computers for goodness sake! After high school or college or the age of 21, it becomes increasingly difficult to meet people. Sure, you can go out to clubs or concerts or random people's parties, but how often will you meet anyone different enough to risk your heart on?
And so… people go online. Like me. I don't think there is a damn thing wrong with using the internet AS A TOOL. It's when people use it as a replacement for the real thing; those people who just chat with other people and use that as a means to feed their need for cheap intimacy. But try as they might, computers will never get close to producing the one-of-a-kind, heart breaking, bittersweet, breath taking love that we are capable of sharing (if we find the courage). Computers can help you find someone, but they stop there. Computers can't love you or hug you or do anything other than lead you to someone you might not have found otherwise. We have to build that connection with a living, breathing human being. And we have to have endurance and faith and hope. Always hope.
Somewhere inside all of us is the inexhaustible desire to feel a little less alone (even the sleaze-bags feel that, only it's buried beneath all that machismo bullshit). And seeing these electronic faces searching relentlessly for love, gives me hope that maybe I won't be alone forever, that I won't always be tonightless.
Because at the end of the day, that is one of my greatest fears.
"Am I gonna be tonightless again? All the loneliness has got to end." - Eighteen Visions
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- Steve M Nash said...
Thanks, Blayne, for an interesting non-judgemental look at human intimacy as stimulated by your experiences in the online dating world!
I've done online dating too, and whilst I've met some great women and some have become good friends what's become more evident is the open wound of pain and loneliness that is 'out there'. Online dating provides a real insight into the emotional (non-)well being of twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings and even us forty-somethings (shouldn't *we* have got it all sorted, by now? lol).
Anyway. Waffling. Wanted to say thanks. Done that. All I need do now is... smiley! :-)
PS I think you have a pretty sound 'life mission' by the way! Good luck with it. And if you want to share some of what you 'find' with my website readers you can do so via www.selfhelpcollective.com/your-story.html - thanks!
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Zucchini, squash, zucchini is a summer vegetable, inexpensive, accessible to all categories of the population, which is undemanding in cultivation and yields good crops of fruit. The skin can be different colors: green, white, yellow. Zucchini cooks quickly, and tastes very attractive. How not to take advantage of summer's gifts and to stock up for the winter? Recipes zucchini harvesting a large number, but at the mention of this vegetable from an Association with caviar «overseas», and squash. On this conservation with low calorie, we offer to elaborate.
How to choose the right zucchini for harvesting in winter
Low calorie courgettes that are raw contain only 17 calories per 100 grams, are very useful, they have a lot of fiber, vitamins b, A, C, D, a large number of mineral substances. How not to lose all this wealth and use it in the winter? Prepare squash the eggs for the suggested recipes, you can own hands not only delicious to feed the family, but also to bring great benefits to the body. To the zucchini remained nutritious and healthy, you have to select the fruits for preservation. Here are some tips on what courgettes are suitable for canning:
- Inspect each instance of the vegetable, it should not be black rotten spots or dents.
- Peel the courgettes must be smooth and shiny.
- The stalk must be fresh, not dried.
- For conservation it is better to choose the vegetables of the small size of young zucchini are more tender pulp and almost no seeds.
- If you only have a large zucchini – you'll have to shoot them with a tight skin, cutting it in half, remove the core and seeds.
Recipes for delicious squash caviar with mayonnaise and tomato paste
There is hardly a person who has never tried squash eggs. Favorite food of adults and children not only tasty, but also useful. Every woman that tries to preserve the vegetables with their hands, to have a recipe for squash caviar. It may be different, but the essence remains one – the zucchini in different forms love, appreciate and prepare for the future to winter to enjoy an unusual taste. Step-by-step recipes with attached photos will help to make the procurement of your favorite product.
Preserved classic home caviar GOST, as in the store
For cooking squash caviar, taste like store-bought recipe, which was sold a few decades ago, you will need products:
- Zucchini.
- Onion.
- Vegetable oil.
- Tomato paste.
- Mayonnaise.
- Sugar.
- Salt.
- Take three pounds zucchini, preferably small size, wash, cut edge, cut into pieces.
- 0.4 kg onion peel, skip along with a zucchini through the blender or grinder.
- In a large saucepan simmer the mixture for one hour.
- Add 0,150 liter of vegetable oil, simmer for another hour.
- In a pot add 100 grams of sugar, 1 tbsp. of salt, 200 g of mayonnaise, four tablespoons of tomato paste.
- Simmer for one hour. Just to cook a tasty tender calves will take a little over three hours, given that banks need to roll hot. Get 3 liters of caviar.
How to cook with eggplant and garlic in the oven
- Zucchini young.
- Eggplant is small.
- Tomatoes.
- Bulgarian sweet pepper.
- Garlic.
- Salt.
- Oil.
- Zucchini (2-3 pieces), eggplant (2 small), tomatoes (2-3 pieces), bell pepper (1 piece) wash, cut in small cubes, spread on a baking sheet or a baking dish.
- Put in oven preheated to 180 degrees, bake for about an hour, stirring occasionally, adding a little vegetable oil and salt.
- Before the end of the process to put chopped garlic.
- Ready mix with a blender to bring to puree state.
- Spread the hot steamed banks.
Dietary eggs without vinegar in the blender
The recipe without the use of vinegar and oil suitable for a child menu, diabetics and those who are on a diet.
- Zucchini young.
- Tomato paste.
- Carrots.
- Garlic.
- Onion.
- Salt, pepper.
- Zucchini about two pounds washed, if the vegetables are large, cut them lengthwise, remove the core with seeds and peel the skin. For the young zucchini, you only need to cut the edges of the stalk and place of flowering.
- Bulbs 4 pieces, peel and cut into cubes.
- Carrots 4 pieces of medium size, clean, RUB on a grater.
- Combining onions and carrots, pour into the pan, adding a little water. Simmer the vegetables for 5-7 minutes.
- Diced zucchini to add to the carrots, the onions, simmer for another 45-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. The zucchini needs to let the juice, if it is not, add water as needed.
- A few minutes before the end of the process, add three tablespoons of tomato paste, squeeze through the press garlic, salt and pepper to taste.
- After the squash cools, in a blender, chop until smooth.
- Received a diet of caviar stored in the refrigerator.
Spicy roasted squash with onions without sterilization
- Zucchini young.
- Onion.
- Garlic.
- Vegetable oil.
- Salt.
- Vinegar.
- Zucchini three pieces of equal size wash, cut into slices.
- Fry in vegetable oil on both sides, slightly prisolit.
- Separately fry until Golden brown chopped onion half rings.
- Grind in a blender zucchini, onion, garlic.
- Put in a clean pasta jar. Pour the hot oil.
- In each jar pour 1 teaspoon of vinegar. Clogging banks.
How to close with carrots and bell peppers without tomato
- Zucchini.
- Bulgarian sweet pepper.
- Carrots.
- Bow.
- Vegetable oil.
- Salt.
- Sugar.
- Mayonnaise.
- The black pepper powder.
- Zucchini (3 lbs), large peel and seeds, a little, just to cut. Onions (500 grams), carrots (800-1000 grams), pepper red (6-8 pieces) to wash, to clean.
- All vegetables skip through Mincer.
- Add 250 grams of mayonnaise, vegetable oil, 150 grams.
- Cook in a pot for 1 hour, occasionally interfere.
- To the vegetable mass, add salt, two tablespoons of sugar cups, black pepper to taste.
- Cook for another hour.
- Hot decomposed into the banks, trapped in the winter.
Braised eggs with slices of apples and tomatoes in a slow cooker
- Zucchini.
- Bow.
- Apples.
- Tomatoes.
- Sugar.
- Vegetable oil.
- Salt.
- Vinegar.
- Zucchini, in the amount of 3-4 pieces, wash, trim the stem, then with 3-4 tomatoes and place in a dry bowl multivarki to be done for 30-40 minutes in the «baking». In the middle of the process to turn the other side.
- After done with tomatoes remove Chkhorotsku and together with the zucchini shred with a knife.
- 2 heads of onions and 100 grams of apples mode on the cubes. In the bowl multivarki add a little vegetable oil, fry the onion with the apples until tender.
- There we spread the squash-tomato mixture and fry for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- At the end of process season with salt and pepper and add sugar to taste.
- Leave for 10 minutes in the «heating»mode.
- Close to the banks ROE must hot.
- To prepare this recipe it is possible to use a pressure cooker instead of slow cooker, keeping all the process step by step.
Salad Ikra from zucchini "Teschin language" without frying
- Zucchini.
- Sweet Bulgarian pepper.
- Hot peppers chili.
- Garlic.
- Vegetable oil.
- Salt.
- Sugar.
- Vinegar 9%.
- Tomato paste 25%.
- Zucchini in a purified form, weighing 3 kg, create small strips.
- Sweet pepper 4 pieces and one bitter peel and chop in a blender.
- Prepare the marinade: in a saucepan combine 1 Cup water, chopped peppers, half a liter of tomato paste, a Cup of vegetable oil, 120 grams of sugar, two tablespoons of salt. Bring to a boil.
- Pour in the grated squash «reeds». Mix well. The marinade should lightly cover the surface.
- About 40 minutes on a slow fire to boil, stirring occasionally.
- 5 minutes before the end of the process add the chopped garlic 3 heads.
- After cooking is finished, add 120 grams of vinegar, stir and immediately hot spread along the banks. Roll up for the winter. Caviar is obtained with small patches of «tongues».
Easy recipe for fried caviar with carrot and squash in banks
- Zucchini or squash.
- Carrots.
- Bow.
- Vegetable oil.
- Tomatoes.
- Salt, black pepper.
- Vinegar 9 %.
- Carrots (500 grams), onions (500 grams) clean and fry separately in a frying pan in sunflower oil.
- Zucchini or squash (2 pounds) cleaned, cut cubes.
- In a large frying pan with a thick bottom sauté the squash for about half an hour, then add carrots bows.
- Cut tomatoes into cubes, remove the skin, and in a separate pan, fry until evaporation of moisture, to shift to the zucchini. Tomatoes can substitute an equal amount of ketchup.
- Add salt, spices, simmer for about an hour.
- Cooked mass grind in a blender. Add the vinegar to about 100 grams.
- Spread out in jars until the eggs are not cold.
The video recipe is very tasty caviar courgette through a meat grinder
Many fans of domestic preparations for the winter share their most successful recipes. In the proposed video you will learn the recipe of a favorite squash caviar, who scored a large number of Housewives who have tried it. Simple operations, the proportions of embedded products, the sequence of cooking to ensure delicious squash eggs, taste like Nezhinsky sold in stores and comply with all standards and GOSTs.
I advise you to cook eggs squash for this recipe. To be completely confident in the taste of the delights of the finished dish, do a trial experimental batch into several portions, corresponding to the number of family members. Assessing for dinner appreciated squash eggs video recipe, can safely close the conservation of the winter, which is to love.


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Monday, February 23, 2009
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