Everyday Moments (#SOL 2021

6-04-2021 The March SOLSC was great fun and I enjoyed everyday of it. It was challenging to imagine what to write every day. On the 31st when I posted my slice I was feeling very happy but there was an empty feeling on the 1st 😊. I did not know what to do after a…

Day 31 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

I remember those days when the internet was available only to some people. My cousin had internet connection and there was a separate room for the computer and so many precautions had to be taken. In the 1960s Indian Railways got computers from IBM, if I remember rightly. We were in Secunderabad then. My father…

Day 30 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

Sunday afternoon to night  my husband and Aravind were intermittently watching the one day cricket match between India and England while doing other work. I lost interest in cricket many years ago. I remember those days before the television when I listened eagerly to radio commentary. My country people are crazy about cricket and the…

Day 29 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

It is 6.30 and a Sunday morning . My husband and I are sipping hot filter coffee. We love its taste, I like it very hot and my husband not so hot. My paternal grandfather too loved piping hot coffee. He used his towel to hold it and said one should not drink coffee but…

Day 28 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

Along with a number of spices  jaggery is also an important ingredient in our cooking. We add a little of it in everything we make. Maybe it is all in the mind, but when I forget to add jaggery my husband  feels something is missing. 😊We get cube shaped , bucket shaped or square shaped…

Day 27 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

I am reading a fascinating book called The House of Kanooru by the great Kannada writer, K V Puttappa. He is popularly known as Kuvempu. The book was first published in 1936.The story is set in Malenadu which covers the western and eastern slopes of the Western ghats. This region is known for its abundant…

Day 26 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

My mother had many silver glasses in the bank locker. She said they had been gifted to her and my father on their wedding day in 1959. In those days it was a common practice to give silver items as gifts. My father worked in the Indian Railways and was transferred from one place to…

Day 25 of the March SOLSC!#SOL21

We purchased this plot of land we are now living on in 2002. My father was a civil engineer and he made the plan for the house. We were living on the university campus from 1982 and shifted to our house in 2005.We had seen some other plots but did not like them but it…

Day 24 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

I have been posting in Slice of Life for four years. I don’t remember when I first came across it . I liked the idea very much because I  believe it is the everyday happenings and how we face them, make us what we are. For two years I edited my letters to my Doddamma…

Day 23 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

Books have been always been a part of my life. In my family all of us love to read. Memories of my grandfather reading aloud to us remain with me. Countless books have taken me to that many worlds. For years I read only one book at a time. I could not imagine starting one…