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How I Arrived At My Golden Rule of De-cluttering

The five-year plan — This post started out as a comment on Shereen Bingham’s heartfelt poem about living with clutter. The comment got so long that I turned it into a post instead. A place for everything — In my first two years of marriage, I lived in a joint family with my husband and in-laws. One morning, a…

Humor

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How I Arrived At My Golden Rule of De-cluttering
How I Arrived At My Golden Rule of De-cluttering
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Sorry (Not Sorry) I Didn’t Invite You

An apology poem — Response to a prompt — I read Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles’ “Apology Poem” which is a response to Sheri Jacobs’ prompt — a take on Carlos William Carlos’ poem: This Is Just To Say. I don’t usually write poetry. But Carlos’ poem and the responses to the prompt were so entertaining, I was inspired to…

Humor

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Sorry (Not Sorry) I Didn’t Invite You
Sorry (Not Sorry) I Didn’t Invite You
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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

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Shadow and Light — Yin and Yang

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows” — The shadow that shades my herbs. In my backyard is a small herb garden where I grow oregano, rosemary, thyme, mint, and curry leaf. (No Indian garden is complete without curry leaf.) The herb bed borders the back wall of my garage. At the height of the afternoon, when the sun is at its fiercest, the…

Yin And Yang

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Shadow and Light — Yin and Yang
Shadow and Light — Yin and Yang
Yin And Yang

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Weeds & Wildflowers

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A Photo Story About a Cat Who’s Trying to Be My Friend

How long can I hold out? — This is the story of CAP the Cat. I call her C-A-P, which is short for “Cat Among Pigeons.” Cap visits my garden every day in the hope of nabbing a bird at one of my feeders. She hasn’t succeeded. As yet. In the photo below, she was eyeing a…

Cats

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A Photo Story About a Cat Who’s Trying to Be My Friend
A Photo Story About a Cat Who’s Trying to Be My Friend
Cats

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Peeping Tom

A Six-Word Photo Story: Freestyle —

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Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom
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The Shortform

·Sep 18

Inside of Us, Can We Be Just One Age Ever?

A reflection on memories and chronology — Someone once asked my mother-in-law what it felt like to be 67. She replied, “Inside… I never feel older than 26.” Why “26?” I don’t know. As for me, I felt all of seven last week when I bought ice cream from the ice cream truck. …

Mindset

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Inside of Us, Can We Be Just One Age Ever?
Inside of Us, Can We Be Just One Age Ever?
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Hope * Healing * Humour

·Sep 14

Carrying Your Childhood Within You

Growing young with memories of an ice cream truck — As a kid growing up in India, I was crazy about Archie comics. In my defense, I inherited the madness from my dad. And then… I passed on the Archie fever to my daughters.

Mindset

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Carrying Your Childhood Within You
Carrying Your Childhood Within You
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The Daily Cuppa Grande

·Sep 2

Mattha-A Cool n’ Spicy Buttermilk Beverage for a Hot Summer Day

Spiced with cumin and flavored with fresh herbs — Growing up in India, “Mattha” was a favorite summer beverage. Mattha is, essentially, spiced buttermilk. It is a mix of yogurt, water, fresh herbs — and sometimes, a smidgen of spice. Mattha in Mumbai — You walked in from the pitiless sun, insides broiling, every cell in your body raging with thirst. Head pounding…

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Mattha-A Cool n’ Spicy Buttermilk Beverage for a Hot Summer Day
Mattha-A Cool n’ Spicy Buttermilk Beverage for a Hot Summer Day
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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

·Aug 24

Dinner Plates, BFFs, and Mango Cake

Six Word Photo Story: Freestyle — Sharing Dinner Plates and Mango Cake. The flower in the above photo is a “Dinner Plate Hibiscus” — a moniker earned for its circular shape and size ranging from 7"–9". (The above bloom boasts a 9" diameter.) Hibiscus used to be a dependable perennial in my gardening zone. Hard freezes or not, the plant rose phoenix-like…

Friendship

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Dinner Plates, BFFs, and Mango Cake
Dinner Plates, BFFs, and Mango Cake
Friendship

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Hope * Healing * Humour

·Aug 20

The Birds, the Dogs, and a Jingle…

And sometimes Sublime mornings — I was putting out the garbage by the curb when a middle-aged woman stopped by. “Hi!” she said. “I’m your neighbor from the house behind yours.” “The one with the dogs?” “Yeah, that’s the one.” This neighbor has two large dogs, but I don’t know what breed they are. I…

Neighbors

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The Birds, the Dogs, and a Jingle…
The Birds, the Dogs, and a Jingle…
Neighbors

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Gauri Sirur

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Reader, Writer, Dreamer. Mostly whimsical, sometimes serious, always nicheless.

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