I have about finished this book ~ "What Every American Should Know About the Middle East" by Melissa Rossi~ and have found it a most fascinating, instructive, eye-opening read. She has a fine, easy writing style that is clear and concise. Lots of facts and figures but all in a context that makes sense. I hadn't realized how very ignorant I was and how important this vast and strategically important area of the world is to the US and to other nations as well. This has been my "heavy" reading for the season. It's almost like being in school again ~ Middle Eastern Studies 101. But worth every page and footnote and obscure reference.
As for this morning's weather, the fog bank was still out there but by 10 o"clock it was gone and we had a gorgeous, clear and sunny day. More of the same is forecast for tomorrow.
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