The Daily Post Photo Challenge : Wish

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…

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.

 

Everyday Moments(#SOL-2022)

16-05-2022 Last week was a rainy week. And today evening it just poured for more than an hour, with thunder and lightning. We do not know whether they are pre-monsoon rains or rains due to a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. I always wonder how cyclones in the east coast bring rain in the…

#SoCS May 14, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “hat.” Use it literally or metaphorically. Have fun! Once upon a time I was interested in cricket. Those were the days before the television 😊. I listened to the commentary on the radio. We had a GEC radio. I remember when it stopped, we patted it on…

CFFC – Fun Photo

CFFC: Straight Lines This weekly photo challenge runs from Tuesday through Monday. Last month , we visited beautiful temples of the Hoysala period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoysala_Empire The straight lines in the temples impressed us. They added beauty and depth to the carvings.

#SoCS May 7, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “a phrase you grew up with.” Include in your post a phrase your mom/dad/grandparent/sibling used all the time when you were growing up, or just write whatever inspires you based on that phrase. Enjoy!  My father read the Bhagvad Gita every day and some of his favourite…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

3-05-2022 It is mango season and this year our tree gave us a lot of mangoes 😊. Our grandchildren enjoyed them. This tree was planted decades ago by the previous owners of the land. This fruit is called Bennet Alphonso.  Hybrid mangoes are tasty but the taste of wild mangoes or forest mangoes are of…

#SoCS April 30, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “zip, zero, zilch.” Use one, use ’em all, bonus points if you use all three. Have fun! Today morning I was sitting on the swing, in our verandah, drinking coffee. I heard birds chattering and saw sunbirds zipping from flower to flower. They are small and beautiful.…

The Weekly Smile for the 25th of April, 2022 #weeklysmile

On the 23rd we were returning from Bangalore. Last October we had seen many temples of the Hoysala period in and around Belur.  I wanted to see some more of them and read about the twin temples in a place called Mosale Hosahalli. We started from Bangalore at 6.15 in the morning. Near Hassan we…

#SoCS April 23, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “too/to/two.” Use one, use ’em all, bonus points if you use all three. Extra bonus points if you start your post with one. Enjoy! We went to Bangalore on the 21st  and returned on the 23rd evening. Our daughter’s parents-in-law had invited all their relatives for dinner…

Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 406 FLY and Zip.

Thoughts cannot be zipped They fly without a warning From deep within us.

#SoCS April 16, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “nose/noes/knows.” Use one, use ’em all, bonus points if you use all three. Have fun! Our daughter and grandchildren were with us for ten days. We had a wonderful time together. We live not very far from the Arabian sea. One beach is very popular and very…