Demonstrating in Riyadh

Gosh, see this, a fast moving demo in a mall in Riyadh, held after dark, when it is cooler I imagine. The men are in front, then the women follow in good numbers, people documenting the march by walking alongside filming and recording sound with their mobiles.

The chants are apparently "Release the oppressed" and "Freedom". To the point and also, pointedly, the first is quoting from a Hadith from the Koran.

Ouch, transition time

Changes upset our household, or myself at any rate. S is off to the Gulf for a few days. We are all irritable and in each other's way, or is it just me?

I am in the laundry room and someone comes in more quickly than I like and expects me to move out of the way so they can do what they planned to do. I walk out in an annoyed mood, it is my laundry room and I like to do my work in there in peace....grump, grump. If I am a housewife then I do expect to be able to actually do housewifely activities from time to time.

So I am now sulking in my lovely drawing room and may set up a soothing log fire to burn away my cobwebs. Being here on my blog is a good thing, I feel better already.

I have promised to cook something for my children so I'll head off and do that. First I will lay the fire, then cook and do some knitting in the kitchen, what a life of drama and incident!