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Hi Natty!  Oh, you have more photos from the WSJ mag.  Quality business attire, nonetheless.  You look absolutely sparkling, my love.  I never thought that a tube top would be office wear though. 

I got a couple of new kittens today.  I found them huddled up together at my mother's house this morning.  They don't smell feral, I think somebody must have dumped them there.  They have ear mites and some fleas, so I took care of that and gave them a bath.  A brother and sister, both very much attached to each other.  So I brought them inside since I'm such a sucker for cats and as you would guess, Floofy and Lookie didn't like it one bit.  The female, the grey and white one, has the same markings as one of Floofy's kittens that died 4 years ago from pneumonia.  So I named her Lily 2.  I haven't thought of a name for her brother yet, just Lily's brother.  Of course the first thing Floofy did to Lily is punch her on the left eye.  It swelled up a little, but I think she's going to be OK inshaAllah.  So now there is high tension in my house, but the kittens seem to be comfortable.

Qur'an 20200429

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

46.  Say, "I do admonish you on one point: that you do stand up before Allah, in pairs or alone, and reflect.  Your companion is not possessed: he is no less than a warner to you, in face of a terrible penalty."

47.  Say, "No reward do I ask of you: it is in your interest.  My reward is only due from Allah, and God is Witness to all things."

48.  Say, "Verily my Lord does cast the Truth.  God that has full knowledge of what is hidden."

49.  Say, "The Truth has arrived, and falsehood neither creates anything new, nor restores anything."

50.  Say, "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul.  But if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me.  It is God Who hears all things, and is near."

Sheba  34:46-50

Too lazy to make dough

Hi Natty!  How's life up there in the mountains?  I hope you are healthy, and enjoying yourself.  It's nearly summer, I supposed you are enjoying the warmth of the sun more.  Have some of mine!  It's actually cooler today than it has been: I was able to enjoy a nice nap in the afternoon on the floor, instead of settling for a short meditation on the chair.  I like sleeping on the floor.  It's one of the beneficial pleasures I acquired from being broke all these years, is that sleeping on the floor works wonders on your back.  I was never all that greedy, and this "nickel and dime" life has made me value things in terms of labor instead of cash.  I was too lazy to make dough today, so I bought a loaf of bread.  One kilo of flour is RM2.20 which makes 12 dough balls (one or two dough balls for a filling meal), while a loaf of bread is RM3.20.  Besides the price of a buck, I didn't have to put in the time and labor to make dough.  That's probably just today, though.  Sigh.  I'll go back to making dough again after this loaf of bread is gone probably.  There's the labor of having to go out and buy bread to take account of.

Please make sure you rake up those dry leaves and do composting or controlled burning!  Help prevent forest fires!

Qur'an 20200428

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

34.  Never did We send a Warner to a population but the wealthy ones among them said, "We believe not in that with which you have been sent."

35.  They said,"We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished."

36.  Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the provision to whom God pleases, but most men understand not."

37.  It is not your wealth nor your sons that will bring you nearer to Us in degree, but only those who believe and work righteousness.  These are the ones for whom there is a multiplied reward for their deeds, while secure they are in dwellings on high.

38.  Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.

39.  Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the sustenance to such of God's servants as God pleases, and nothing do you spend in the least but God replaces it, for God is the Best of those who grant sustenance."

40.  One Day God will gather them all together, and say to the angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?"

Sheba 34:34-40

The chain

Hi Natty!  Wow, the Wall Street Journal huh?  You're going places no or few models have been before.  Congratulations.  You are looking lovely, of course.  As for the chain, I will try to help Wall Street as far as Allah allows me.  I have no wish to see the American people suffer: there are many good people there.  Wall Street would do well to help bring me and my Natty together in marriage soon.  I certainly can't marry anyone being as dirt poor as I am now.  And I certainly won't do anything that is in conflict of interest with my mission to please Allah with music.  InshaAllah.

Now I'm going to play a round of Krush, Kill and Destroy while I wait for sunset.

Qur'an 20200427

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

27.  Say, "Show me those who you have joined with God as partners... by no means!  No, God is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise."

28.  We have not sent you but as a universalist to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them, but most men understand not.

29.  They say,"When is this promise, if you are telling the truth?"

30.  Say, "The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour, nor put forward."

31.  The unbelievers say, "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in that before it."  Could you but see when the wrongdoers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word on one another!  Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones, "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"

Sheba 34:27-31

It's beef jerky time!

Hi Natty!  How are you?  I hope you are feeling great and are healthy.  It's a busy day for me!  Rush rush rush from one task to another, and trying to take short breaks in between.  I have my dinner on the stove top, I hope the cats won't get at it.  I'm also cooking beef jerky, which takes a couple of days to complete.  I may have to keep the pot in my bedroom overnight.  Floofy is the clever one: she can open lids and covers.  When I hear a clatter in the kitchen, that's the clatter of dread.

I love you!  Gotta go!