Ravings, Rants, Rendezvous with the voices in my head!
As I paint my nails with polish I took from mum’s collection, I look back on 2020. What a year! It’s been tumultuous to say the least. Several lost their livelihoods. Several lost loved ones. Homes, assets, ideals – nothing is sacred to a virus. I feel all their pain….- This weight we carry. The expectations.The pressures society places on us, even before we are old enough to understand them.Dreams are no longer limitless. Our future isn’t unbounded.It’s doctor, engineer or just an operations manager.Rich people teach their kids to invest, to make money grow.While the rest don’t know…
- A pandemic. Now how could such a situation help a person evolve.Appreciation: That elusive, forgotten quality.It makes me doubt if like a phoenix, I am capable of rising from the ashes.It makes me doubt if I was ever a phoenix.Youth and it’s fallacies, in old age revealed!
We keep the good things for a special day. Wait to open the champagne on a day we deign ‘special’. We keep the good perfume away, the beautiful china in cupboards.My nan and mum did that too. They taught me that as well. For years I saved the best…
She was a queen. She was exalted.She was adored If you look carefully, you can still find remains of her glory days! #YouthIsntSacred #PastPrime
A wake up call. I was getting ready for my morning coffee when the girl behind the counter referred to me as Señora. I guess she was being polite, but instead of settling back into my routine of news about mayhem and madness it got me thinking of…- Today was about playing one thought over and over again in my head. Forgiveness. I’ve been battling that demon for a while now. Forgiving others is simpler than forgiving yourself. And part of me is stuck in that vortex. When your mind and heart are at battle, peace can…
- Years ago, I jumped on the prime wagon. One of the most attractive offers was “Unlimited Photo Storage”. When my External disk failed and caused much heartache, I realised I didn’t have any backup of my pics. I managed to get the disk read, but was still missing a…
The universe sent me a message… I heeded it! Still hurt for the choices I make. But then one grows up and realises that there are better things and better people to spend time on.- While practicing the harp today, it was only the minors that got played.
Jump from a plane… while it’s 4000 mts high. Meh, I said! My procrastination skills did almost cancel the whole experience. Too cold, too sad, too happy, friends said they’d like to join in, friends aren’t responding. A never ending list of reasons. But then, Time has a way…- I feel the weight. With each breath, with each passing second. Being pulled down, being held down. When prayers go unanswered. And loneliness is the order of the day.
Another year. Older, not much the wiser, but phew… what a journey. Looking back I have so many memories that will bring a smile on or cause a tear to roll. A rollercoaster of highs, lows, and in-betweens. The last year is one to remember, not all for good…
We walk through life wishing for so many things. Wishing, hoping, lighting candles, losing sleep over things our hearts desire. And while longing for that something, we forget to live in the moment. We may get what we long for, we may not, but in the in-betweens of hoping and…- Acer palmatum – Japanese maple: The bright afternoon invited a flurry of activity. I love sunny days, when spring sets the garden aflame with colour, I love walking around, touching the trees and flowers, encouraging them to bloom. The magnum opus of my garden is an “Acer palmatum” commonly…
