Day 21 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

Yesterday evening we went for our evening walk to the park opposite Venugopala temple. There is walking track surrounded by trees. The tall Ashoka trees are more than fifty years old. After seeing felled trees in so many places on our way to our native village on Saturday, it was a pleasure to be with…

Day 16 of the March SOLSC! #SOL2022

Yesterday we called Udaya to come and clean our garden. He is a good worker and works in many of our neighbours’ gardens too. He comes at 8.30 and works till 5.30. We give him tea at 10.30 and lunch at 1. It was very hot and sun was shining brightly. But there are many…

RonovanWrite#Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 395 CRUST and Scar.

Trees from ancient times Cut down without second thoughts Scars on our earth’s crust.

#SoCS & #JusJoJan 2022 Daily Prompt – Jan. 15th

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “a rainy day.” Write about the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the phrase “a rainy day.” Enjoy! Today’s prompt took me to my childhood days. Panchantantra, Jataka Tales and Aesop’s Fables added magic to those days. Ant and the Grasshopper…

SoCS Dec. 11, 2021

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “tree.” Use the word “tree” or write about a tree. Any kind of tree. Enjoy! Long ago I read a science fiction short story about earth without trees. I just cannot imagine such a scenario but people are cutting trees without a thought about tomorrow. I wonder…

#SoCS May 15, 2021

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “growth.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! A Small seed In the earth Watered daily Its growth every day Happening underground Then one day forcing itself Coming out in search of sunlight With warmth and water the sapling grew And grew to become a beautiful…

Everyday Moments ( #SOL-2021)

11-05-2021 It is 11.30 in the morning and is quite cloudy. It may rain. This year we have started getting pre-monsoon rains. It is such a relief when it rains because the days are very hot. Humidity is very high here. It is also very quiet. We are having lockdown till the 24th. Shops are…

Everyday Moments –(#SOL-2020)

4-04-2021 We are living last year again but fortunately not exactly like last year when there was complete lockdown. Reading about the increasing number of cases in different parts of our country is heart wrenching. There is so much suffering everywhere due to lack of oxygen. And the tragedy is that trees are being cut…

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…

#SoCS Feb. 27, 2021

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “-sty.” Find a word that ends in “-sty” or use the word “sty.” Enjoy! There was a hillside behind our home, covered with trees, yearsago. The owners sold the land to someone and they sold it to someone else. Two years ago, the trees were cut…