A Photo a Week Challenge: From Below

Early this month we had been to three hill stations in the foothills of the Himalayas. From every place we could see the mountain ranges and the tall trees from the roads below. They are fascinating. A Photo a Week Challenge: From Below

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #207 Child&Safe

“Child with a childhood Happy and safe with loved ones Truly  a blessing. Countless children are not safe A great tragedy of life.” RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #207 Child&Safe

Vacation in the Hills-2 (Slice of Life)

22-06-18 Dear Doddamma, Today I made jackfruit dosa . Last Sunday, on the 17th, in my father-in-law’s elder brother’s home,  a special puja called ‘devarige oppisuvudu ’ puje wasperformed by my husband’s cousin. This is a tradition followed by many families in our community. My father-in-law is 93 and he too does not know when…

Vacation in the Hills -1

21-06-18 Dear Doddamma, We returned yesterday (20th June) from Nainital. Earlier we had been to Kausani and Almora. We left Manipal on the 11th morning at 9.30 to Bangalore. I don’t remember when we last went to Bangalore by the day bus. We passed Puttur, Madikeri and Chennarayapatna and Adichunchanagiri, the Shiradi ghat route is…

Letter from Home-20 (Slice of Life)

[My mother is with us now. She will be here till September. She was diagnosed Lymphoma in December. Fortunately she has responded well to Chemotherapy and her doctor is satisfied with the results. My mails are to my father’s elder brother’s wife. I call her doddamma which literally means elder mother. She is my favourite…

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #204 Choice&Faith

“Faith in our beliefs Makes it possible for us To make our choices. It gives us great confidence To face life on our own terms.” RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #204 Choice&Faith    

Life moves on

My mother is learning yoga and one day recently she told her instructor that she cannot walk like she used to. She has slowed down and has no work at all. The young instructor said that was the rule of life, the law (niyama) which God has made. Each stage in life is different, and…