Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “check/cheque/Czech.” Use one, use ’em all, use ’em any way you’d like. Have fun! The word cheque brought to mind an incident which happened long back. My mother told me about it. In those days the finances of the family were usually looked after by the… Continue reading #SoCS July 25/2020
Tag: life
Everyday Moments (#SOL-2020
My weekly Slice of Life are my letters to my Doddamma. She is my father’s elder brother’s wife. Doddamma literally means ‘elder mother’. She is 89 years old. She cannot hear properly if I telephone to talk to her. So, I have been writing letters to her since October 2017. I enjoy writing letters and… Continue reading Everyday Moments (#SOL-2020
A Photo a Week Challenge: Coronavirus Changes
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO OF A CHANGE YOU’VE EXPERIENCED DURING THE CRISIS. Lockdown started on March 24th. A week after that I took part in a Zoom seminar hosted by Mr L Subramani about story telling as a personal narrative. It was an interesting experience. On… Continue reading A Photo a Week Challenge: Coronavirus Changes
Away from home (Photo fiction)
Suresh was walking back home after a day’s hard work. There were dark clouds in the sky and he hoped to reach home before it rained. Initially the rains here had troubled him. In his home town it did not rain like it did here. Home was the town of Badami. The lack of rains… Continue reading Away from home (Photo fiction)
Waiting
Recently I read about ‘waiting’ in two posts by my blogger friends. I have been thinking a lot about ‘waiting’. We wait for something good to happen and many wait for something bad. They are sure that life can only be unpleasant. It is a pity. But I believe people hope for the best. They… Continue reading Waiting
The Journey through the Alphabet
My mother-tongue is Kannada and I have been speaking it from the time I learnt to speak. My father was working in the Indian railways and he was posted in places outside Karnataka. Somehow, reading and writing my language took a backseat. I have been living in Karnataka since my marriage in 1982. I learnt… Continue reading The Journey through the Alphabet
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… Continue reading Vacation in the Hills -1
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… Continue reading Life moves on
A beautiful break
I have come to my daughter’s place for two months. She is expecting her second child. We will be nicely busy. 😊 I may not be able to post blogs but I will read some posts. My WordPress friends have become an important and good part of my life. A very old temple in our… Continue reading A beautiful break
The Universe Within (Slice of Life)
I have just finished reading The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. The book took me on a fascinating journey. The blurb of the book reads, “It is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. The story of the gene begins… Continue reading The Universe Within (Slice of Life)