Ya-hoo! I am back at doing what I love best. Back to schools with different coloured hats on (DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats) and enjoying every moment. Yes, the blogs are a little far apart now. When schools reopened this June after 2 years, I anticipated that children of the pre-primary…

I like writing my blogs, yet decided to take a break and focus on a momentous occasion in our lives — our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We are blessed to have reached this milestone. Many reach it, many don’t, and some miss it by a whisker. This was an opportunity to…

Having lived in and travelled to different parts of India, I have over the years enjoyed watching people doing their marketing and shopping. It could be a general store, a mall, a pavement shop or even the friendly, neighbourhood ‘tela gaadi’. Come with me on this observation journey. Before, we…

Here is a process: I get an idea for a blog, I churn it over in my mind, I research to add value to my thinking, I make a mind map, Then, I write, edit, rewrite. Make hubby read if I am pleased with my writing or even when it…

About 17 years ago, hubby finally agreed to keeping a dog, but only if it was a German Shepherd. So, one rainy evening, this little pup was brought home. Deepika named him Yoda after the Star Wars character. Yoda was handsome, playful, loyal, loving and healthy. All of us loved…

Here is the big secret! Covid 19 knocked at our door and hubby and I tested positive. Can it really be kept a secret? My sister called to ask if all was okay, as I had been very quiet on the family WhatsApp group. And it is not possible to…

Let’s start with a poem — Another Year, by Garnett Ann Schultz. (Suggestion: Read it aloud) A page unmarred, A path so new, An hour unspoiled, A sky of blue, A dream to dream A book unread, A bright new dawn, A word unsaid, Beyond this day, Another still, A…

We made a trip to Mumbai in November for a family function. Checklist - Air Tickets — done Hotel booking — done Transport arrangements — All courtesy of our son — done Ernie’s Kennel booking — done Double dose vaccination certificate on the phone and copies in the handbag —…

Many years ago we brought a couple of banana plants from our hometown. One was of the sweet variety and the other the cooking variety. They were planted in a small patch of land measuring about 10 feet by 2 feet. We got one bunch from the sweet variety and…