Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #42. Use RECOVER as your inspiration this week.

Emotional violence is always hidden from the eye The victims suffer in silence thinking the fault is theirs So, it difficult for them to recover their self-esteem.

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

27-12-2022 The new year is round the corner. It seems just the other day that this year started. I remember a cousin saying that we are lucky when we say time is flying because there are so many who do not know what to with their time. 😊 Last week we went to the hospital…

#SoCS Dec. 24, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “cozy.’” Use it any way you like. Have fun! (And Merry Christmas if I don’t come back before then! A few evenings ago, we were in our town searching for gifts. In one shop we saw a wooden candle stand. But it was not very appealing. The…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

20-12-22 My husband’s book in Kannada on dental health was published by Navakarnataka Publications, a well-known publishing house. They publish only books written in Kannada. My husband retired in 2017. He wanted to write about dental health in Kannada. He felt it would reach more people in our state. It takes a lot of time…

SoCS Dec. 17, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “start your post or one paragraph with the word ‘anyway.’” Bonus points if you start your post with “anyway” and regular points if you use it in a paragraph somewhere else in your post. Enjoy!Anyway, the people who were born in the first half of the 20th…

FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER: 2022: WEEK #51

The Summit Parimal and his friends decided to trek to Jamalabad fort in Gadaikallu. They had heard many trekkers talk about it. They had started trekking two years earlier and had climbed small hills. This was the first time they were climbing so high. The friends reached the starting point early in the morning and…

Everyday Moments-(#SOL-2022)

13-12-2022 The last few days have been cloudy ones and it is raining too! One evening I was in the kitchen when the word petrichor came to mind. My husband told me it was raining. Yesterday morning I had put the clothes out to dry. There was sunlight and at the same time it started…

FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER: 2022: WEEK #50

THE CHERRY TREE Advaith and Kavya went walking with their grandfather. They had come to their grandparents’ home for their summer vacation. On the way, by the side of the road, they saw many saplings under the cherry tree and decided to plant one in the garden. They pulled out three small plants as they…

Everyday Moments(#SOL-2022)

6-12-2022 Yesterday evening we went to Endpoint for a walk. There were very few people about but many cows were on the road. A calf was keeping close to its mother 😊. We met a security officer after a long time. He said he had gone to his village for a one-month vacation.  He is…

#SoCS Dec. 3, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “twin/tween.” Use, “twin” or “tween” any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use both. Enjoy! The Kannada movie, Kantara is very popular. I think there are very few people here who have not watched it. My husband and I were not tempted 😊. It has been…