The Weekly Smile for the 21st of February #weekly smile

I love blogging. Writing for myself and reading posts by other bloggers give me great satisfaction. I am learning something every day. I learnt to write Haikus, Tankas. I smile with satisfaction when my ideas and number of syllables match. Ronovan’s prompts for this week made me smile. The words dragon and magic reminded me…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

21-02-2022 Last week two incidents brought home the fact that I am growing older 😊. I had to go out under the afternoon sun twice and both times I got a headache after returning home. I had read somewhere that if we feel we are too old to do something, we should do that without…

#SoCS Feb. 19, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “whatever.” Use the word “whatever” any way you’d like. Bonus points if you start your post with it. Have fun! Whatever we are today is to a large extent due to my paternal grandparents. Of course, there are so many other factors that make us what and…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

15-02-22 My husband’s cousin, Prof K Gopalakrishna Bhat is a well known Taxonomist. He is admired and respected by all those who know him. His well wishers got together and wrote a book about his journey as a taxonomist from beginning of his career till now. In fact my husband hero worships him 😊. My…

The Weekly Smile for the 14th of February, 2022 #weeklysmile

What made you smile in the last week? A photo? A kind word from a friend or stranger? A random act of kindness witnessed in life or on the news? Seeing a small baby or talking to an elderly parent or grandparent?  A joke? A song? Taking a walk? Going skiing? There had to be…

#SoCS Feb 12, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “fortune.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy! What we believe to be a fortune depends on our way of thinking. For some it might be a huge amount of money and for others it might be a little more than what they require and savings for…

Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 396 Move and Step.

Decision to move Takes us closer to our goal So take the first step.

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

8-02-22 Yesterday we attended my husband’s cousin’s son’s wedding. The venue was in a town about 60 kms from our place.  According to our custom, the couple tie the knot at a time which is thought to be a good one. The family priest looks at the horoscopes and decides the ‘muhuruta’ or the auspicious…

#SoCS Feb. 5, 2022

 Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “page.” Use it as a noun or a verb. Have fun! I thought of the phrase ‘from the pages of history’ when I read today’s prompt. I picture a large book with its pages going back to the distant past and to a far away future. Before…

Everyday Moments – (#SOL-2022)

1-02-2022 Today evening we went to Endpoint for a walk, it is one of our favourite places. Long back it was a barren rock covered hill. About ten years ago two play grounds and a park were made. Fortunately rest of the place has been left wild. There are timings for people to go there.…