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 May 15, 2021
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “growth.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! A Small seed In the earth Watered daily Its growth every day Happening underground Then one day forcing itself Coming out in search of sunlight With warmth and water the sapling grew And grew to become a beautiful… Continue reading #SoCS May 15, 2021
Stillness
We are in partial lockdown till the 24th. We hear movement of some vehicles in the mornings. Then it is quiet. The stillness reminds me of last year. The same eerie stillness, unnatural and forced. Then there is the stillness due to the heat before the rains. The weather was very hot one evening last… Continue reading Stillness
Everyday Moments ( #SOL-2021)
11-05-2021 It is 11.30 in the morning and is quite cloudy. It may rain. This year we have started getting pre-monsoon rains. It is such a relief when it rains because the days are very hot. Humidity is very high here. It is also very quiet. We are having lockdown till the 24th. Shops are… Continue reading Everyday Moments ( #SOL-2021)
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Paradise – May 6, 2021
Gazing at the peaks At all hours of the day Paradise on earth Majestic Himalayas Inspiring and heart warming. The Himalayan peaks from our hotel room in McLeodGanj, last year.
Yet, there is hope…
A few weeks ago we read in the newspaper that about thousand acres of virgin forest in Swamimalai forest block in Sandur are going to be destroyed for the sake of mining of iron and manganese ore. The deputy conservator of forests warned of all the consequences of the destruction but the government has given… Continue reading Yet, there is hope…
Everyday Moments –(#SOL-2020)
4-04-2021 We are living last year again but fortunately not exactly like last year when there was complete lockdown. Reading about the increasing number of cases in different parts of our country is heart wrenching. There is so much suffering everywhere due to lack of oxygen. And the tragedy is that trees are being cut… Continue reading Everyday Moments –(#SOL-2020)
#SoCS May 1, 2021
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “may.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! One telephone call, and that opened the floodgates of memories to rise to the surface. Memories we thought we had forgotten. My mother and I re-lived the past and it was as if the events were happening in… Continue reading #SoCS May 1, 2021
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Flutter – April 29, 2021
Fluttering their wings Sunbirds fly from branch to branch Their beaks in flowers Sucking nectar joyfully Both living for each other.
Everyday Moments – (#SOL- 2021)
27-04-2021 The weather is different this year. We are getting pre-monsoon rains in April. Last year they started in May and the year before rains started only in July. Today afternoon it rained for more than an hour. There was wind too and we could see coconut fronds swaying to the beat 😊 From today… Continue reading Everyday Moments – (#SOL- 2021)
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Dance – April 22, 2021
Go where the prompt leads you and publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. It can be any variation of the prompt and/or image. Please keep it family friendly. Swaying and dancing Coconut fronds high above. Graceful in motion.
