Letter from Home-30 (Slice of Life)

30-10-18 Dear Doddamma, We went to Maikuri yesterday morning. Mava (father-in-law) was with us for ten days and he was yearning to go back home. The couple who live there to cook and help had been away. They have returned now. We left at seven in the morning. Since Sunday evening mava was feeling very…

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #224 Art&Compass

  “Within their compass All art forms of the stone age Tell us of those times.” ( photo from the internet) RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #224 Art&Compass    

Letter from Home-29 (Slice of Life)

22-10-18 Dear Doddamma, On the 19th was Aravinda’s birthday. We seek your blessings on the occasion. I made gulab jamuns. The same morning, my father-in-law and Keshava (brother-in-law) came from Maikuri (where my father-in-law lives in the village) with Kuvara. They came is a taxi. On the 16th morning Keshava phoned to say mava was…

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #223 Rise&Fall

Life impermanent Here today gone tomorrow. Of those in power, The rise and fall of empires. What goes up has to come down. Rulers of the Vijayanagara empire ruled in many parts of South India in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire&ved=2ahUKEwip_Yrhp5XeAhUJcCsKHSL6AwAQFjAVegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw3i1VHglCht5uOqvsu_-hAH&cshid=1540048826826 RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #223 Rise&Fall

Letter from Home-28 (Slice of Life)

‘Slice of Life’ has reaffirmed my belief that everyday moments are precious moments. They make us what we are. I have been posting my letters to my father’s elder brother’s wife, I call her Doddamma. It literally means elder mother. I mailed my letters to my cousin’s wife. She used to read it to her.…

Trust Dissolving

I first met him when he was about eight years old. He has a twin sister. He has autism and cannot speak. He has no behaviour problems, but his parents found it difficult to look after him. They lived is a far away country and chose to leave him to grow up in an institution…

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #222 Breath&Unite

“The air people breathe Covers all parts of the earth That should unite us. But diverse human cultures Make unity difficult.” RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #222 Breath&Unite

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #14: Windows +

For this week – Find a favorite window and show us your special choice! The upstairs room in our home where I keep my sewing machine. I love to look out of the window  at the trees and plants outside 🙂 Lens Artists Photo Challenge #14: Windows +    

Letter from Home-27 (Slice of Life)

‘Slice of Life’ has reaffirmed my belief that everyday moments are precious moments. They make us what we are. I have been posting my letters to my father’s elder brother’s wife, I call her Doddamma. It literally means elder mother. I mailed my letters to my cousin’s wife. She used to read it to her.…

RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry #Challenge #221 Peace&Love.

  “Humans through ages Have strived to make love and peace A part of their lives. But, in spite of everything Violence also exists.” RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #Poetry #Challenge #221 Peace&Love.