Every once in a while, an author comes along and makes you stop and think. It started with this one: Link to another blog of mine where I referred to Miss Read: https://nourishncherish.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/miss-goodie-two-shoes/ From then on, life is a sweet song as you crave for every work of theirs. I like uplifting material in general, and … Continue reading “A Quiet Interlude”
2011 seems like a blur. An important blur on the timeline of my life. The year my Tucky was born. I savour the beauty of my pregnancy, the occasional impatience to see my little one while pregnant. Then, the beautiful moment of seeing his face. I shall always remember my daughter traipsing into the delivery … Continue reading “The Joy of Quiet”
It was a rare day in which there were no pressing demands and I found myself wondering what to write. Now in wondering what to write, there was a strange sense of duty and an obligation to not waste the afternoon thus gifted for literary pursuits with anything else. But I was also in a … Continue reading “The Peace of Pursuit”
The world as I see it, can be wondrous at times, and full of traffic jams at others. One such glorious day when the clouds were scudding and meandering in turns with the weight of moisture, I sat gloomily in the car, wanting more than ever to join the clouds above. The signals had all … Continue reading “Hovering 🚁 & Pondering 💭”
I have been reality shifting into the magical and mugglical realms in January. It all started one rainy day as I sat quietly with the daughter. The soft glow of her lampshade gave everything a mellow look, faint music was humming somewhere in the background, and the rains were pattering outside. Her room was looking … Continue reading “🐺Moony 🌷, 🐀Wormtail ❄️, 🐕🦺Padfoot 🍁 & 🦌Prongs 🍀 “
Though I do not remember much of the book now, I do remember having a revelation of sorts while reading the book Airport by Arthur Hailey decades ago. The book itself was written in the 1960’s, and I read it in the 1990’s probably. As a child I had never been to an airport. The … Continue reading “Αεροδρόμιο / Luchthaven / Airport”
The husband planned a meticulous trip to 3 different countries in Europe for the nourish—n-cherish household. Left with all the rest of the work, I stood in front of my bookshelf dilly-dallying on the reading material. Finally, I chose Bill Bryson’s Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe, which was an excellent read. Bill Bryson … Continue reading “Froide a Paris avec Gezellig”
I hadn’t met my siblings and siblings-in-law in 3 years and this unexpected trip to see them was rejuvenating. I found myself in a bit of a jitter as I boarded the airplane. My stellar siblings, nieces, nephews, parents and parents-in-law had all come to Bangalore to spend a few days with me, and I … Continue reading “Aphonia”
It was one of those mornings that Oscar Wilde described as “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” Oscar Wilde All around us were the signs of a long summer. The hills were brown, the flowers drooping, the earth parched and the rivers dry. Mornings came on bright, blue, and sunny; swiftly following dawn. … Continue reading “When summer 🍃 collapses into fall 🍁”
A day or two after the Navarathri season, the husband & I headed out on a walk by the riverside. All was quiet. The husband and I were not. The most common ailment of our times: busy times were ailing us both. Our days were packed, and our minds full. Corporate fortunes and misfortunes played … Continue reading “A Heron’s Lessons”
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