It began like any other day of her little 150 day old life....the first grey light of dawn peeped in to find her snuggled against my neck, gentle nibbling of my ear lobe "hey, its morning and we cant ...
Saturday morning...a very quiet morning...Luchi adds her special sparks of mad bites and yelps, but the house sinks back to calm slumber, even while I gather my thoughts for today. After a week of gir...
In the decades long past, when The Writer was living in a hot desert country, and when she would sneer and smirk at all things hand-knitted, a different craft had grabbed her heart and held her enthra...
Gigantic, loud, window-pane rattling sneezing is a paternal gene component of me. When Baba sneezed, we ran for cover--when I sneeze, the dogs jolt up from deep slumber, the walls shake and shiver, an...
I look up from the laptop screen and she smiles down at me, from this picture hanging above my table. A formal pose, with my brother and me perched on a table, covered with a green, maroon and white w...
5 am… an errant cloud floats in to exchange moist greetings with my fingers…Luchi nibbles gently on my ear…Peppu snores heavily at my feet…It is a new morning, a new month, a new opportunity to send ...
The summer solstice, the touristy summer month of June, the dry heat of summer... they are all part of the past now, as grey clouds and green creepers cover the sky and ground respectively. Rain cl...
With clouds blanketing the valley below, with spectacular lightning and thunder shows, with rain and hail....Nature seems to have arranged for a fitting farewell to Summer this year. The green unde...
It would be no stripes, no sweater, no knitting, no nothing, if Lady Luchi had her way! The house looks like a battlefield deserted by an army of fleeing knitters. Yarn balls have become heaps of tan...
Last week, this time, it was Peppu and me getting ready for our daily forest romp. Water and bowl and mobile in bag, we set off with Bruni, Kajal, Choti and Mystery. Fun at the cracked water pipe, fun...