Shinto is the dominant religion in Japan, though it is more of a way of life than a way to worship.Visitors to Shinto shrines can purchase small wooden plaques called ema, upon which they can share their hopes and dreams. Then, they hang them amongst other ema from people who have come before them, in… Continue reading The Daily Post Photo Challenge : Wish
The Daily Prompt : Chaos
Reading in the newspapers
About violence
Here, there and everywhere.
And then about
The destruction of
Nature’s resources
For the never ending
Greed of man.
To make matters worse
Politicians who are
A class into themselves
And live for power and wealth,
Are bent upon
Making money for generations.
It seems as if there is
Chaos across the world.
But there must be
Something good everywhere,
Life goes on
With all its ups and downs.
There is always
The good,the bad and ugly.
In spite of everything,
It is good to believe
There is not enough
Darkness in the world
To extinguish the
Light of a small candle.
#SoCS July 3, 2021
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “contains ‘igh.’” Find a word that contains the letters “igh” in that order and use it in your post. Enjoy! Our grandson’s birthday is on the 16th. He will be eight. How time flies! Many restrictions are being removed in Germany. Advaith wants to invite some of… Continue reading #SoCS July 3, 2021
Everyday Moments(#SOL-2021)
29-06-2021 We are having a break from the rains. Last three days were sunny and today it did not rain at all. When it rains everyday we wonder when it will stop and when it does not rain we keep wondering why it is not raining, human nature 😊. On the 23rd my mother celebrated… Continue reading Everyday Moments(#SOL-2021)
#SoCS June 26, 2021
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “up/down.” Use one, use them both, but try to put one in your first sentence. Bonus points if you use the other in your last sentence. Have fun! The slope behind our house had a well worn foot path and we used to see people walking up… Continue reading #SoCS June 26, 2021
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Happiness – June 24, 2021
Outside our windowSunlight streaming through the leavesFlying flowers they lookedTwo butterflies swaying gracefully Sunlight streaming through the leavesBring light to usTwo butterflies swaying gracefullyAdd beauty and happiness to life. Dancing in pairsButterflies fluttering across flowersLooking like moving flowersNature’s perfection Butterflies fluttering across flowersSeems like a ritual danceNature’s perfectionOutside our window. The pantoum is a poem… Continue reading Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Happiness – June 24, 2021
Everyday Moments(#SOL-2021)
22-06-2021 Since yesterday we are having a break from rains. It had been raining for nearly ten days. There are a lot of problems when the rains come but without them, we cannot imagine what could happen. Number of cororna cases are coming down but we are reading about Delta variant then about the third… Continue reading Everyday Moments(#SOL-2021)
Contrasts
People have always fascinated me. They remind me of Miss Marple. Agatha Christie is one of my favourite authors 😊. She maintains that in spite of differences, people are similar . One person resembles the next in some way or other. Many a time when we meet a person, it so happens that they remind… Continue reading Contrasts
A Photo a Week Challenge: Preparations
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO (OR THREE…) OF PREPARATIONS. We have a jackfruit tree in our garden. Usually we get about twenty fruits. We use raw jackfruits in different dishes. The ripe ones are usually sweet and we make many some dishes with the arils and from… Continue reading A Photo a Week Challenge: Preparations
Everyday Moments(#SOL- 2021)
14-06-2021 On the 14th evening it was raining heavily and we felt it was the right time to eat something fried. My mother cut the cabbage and I made pakodas. It was tasty. We were also feeling very relieved because we had lived two days without electricity 😃. It has been raining since 10th and… Continue reading Everyday Moments(#SOL- 2021)
#SoCS June 12, 2021
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “drive.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! Recently I was reading a commentary on The Gita by Swami Ranganathananda. I wanted to see what was written about ego. I read that among animals only humans have ego. If any other animal had an ego, we… Continue reading #SoCS June 12, 2021
Everyday Moments-(#SOL-2021)
8-06-2021 On the 3rd we read in the newspapers that Southwest monsoon had touched Kerala, the state to our south. We would get rains within a week. We were surprised when it rained heavily on the 3rd and 4th. How could we get the rains so soon? We learnt that it was due to a… Continue reading Everyday Moments-(#SOL-2021)
