A break from knitting
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...
13 Aug 2016
Miscellaneous
01 Aug 2016
Washing/Watching July
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 ...
24 May 2016
Ups and Downs
Random events which have been cruising through my life, while I was waiting for inspiration to strike and exquisite prose to come gushing out of this keyboard. The build up to the full moon of Budh P...
12 Apr 2016
When Breath Becomes Air
Spending an entire morning on the balcony overlooking the forest with its butterflies, birdsong, pine trees, blue skies and sunshine….. Sitting on the balcony swing, drinking mugs of tea and watching...
08 Apr 2016
Teaching knitting
“Hema, can you get that thing from there and put it over there?”….initial instructions to a mystified housekeeper, who hadn’t seen a washing machine in her life, who couldn’t figure out a microwave ov...
16 Dec 2015
Damsel distraction and her enchanting elves
Come December and stories of Father Christmas, with his hard-working elves and energetic reindeer flock, are in magazines, TV channels and every other media. Father Christmas gets only December,and ma...
18 Sep 2015
In quest of Perfection
If Wednesday mornings are hectic, energetic and inspiring…then Monday mornings are pensive, investigative and at times, heart-breaking. I find myself standing at the crossroads, trying to decide if th...
02 Aug 2015
July was Just J….
Just being...that is all which was done in the last month. There was travel...Travel on roads which were flanked by sudden waterfalls, green foliage and bright flowers...roads with stones and rubble ...
05 Apr 2015
There must be an office somewhere
There must be an office somewhere…a row of rooms encircled with a wide and shady corridor. The corridor has to be wide…It has to accommodate the day- groups of 7 and 10 and 14 days who troop across t...
31 Jan 2015
All my bags are packed
The car has been cleaned, dusted and swept clean. Fuel tank filled, tire pressures checked, hydraulic jack mechanism learnt. Dogs have been watching their Pedigree get packed, combs and brushes and h...