My thanks to Linda Heard and her husband for their
friendship and hospitality, and for providing me with the opportunity to make
some Egyptian friends and acquaintances who allowed me to experience Egypt in a
way few foreigners ever do.
I
shall relate what I learned and observed as soon as I dig out from under all
that piled up here in my absence. My intention to post to Online Journal�s blog
from over there proved too cumbersome. Even with using webmail to delete the
spam, I was left with a mountain of email and articles galore, to deal with on
my return. In addition, we are suffering daily power outages, thanks to our
electric company that is working at a snail�s pace installing new transmission
lines.
