‘Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with the dream.’ – Josephine Nuese Growing up in a city, in an apartment in a large building which had no green spaces but a compound which was…
New Year 2023
“Do more of what is already working for you” – Salil Jha A New Year has begun with promises and hopes for a better year than the last. Every New Year one is expected to make new resolutions which are more often never fulfilled and are always forgotten before the first month has passed. What…
Community – One year since Covid lockdown 2020
“The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together” – Simon Sinek Brechin is a town and former Royal burgh in Angus in the North East of Scotland with a population of roughly seven and a half thousand. It used to be a bustling…
Our Incredible Amma
“I got to grow up with a Mother who taught me to believe in me” — Antonio Villaraigosa 2020 has been so trying and difficult for everyone but it has given us such a heart-breaking end to an already grim year. Losing Dad when we did was very hard 18 years ago but then losing…
Miss you 😢
“Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow,May looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.” – Unknown Took me more than a week to put my thoughts down, even though every cell in my heart is trying to say it is not true but in the cold light of day, the reality of…
A Year Older
“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” — Madeleine L’Engle, American writer A year older is a year wiser they say… I’m hoping that it is at least a little true! When I was at school, birthdays were celebrated by all in school, but since…
A rant 🤬
“I’ve learnt that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back” We are going through unprecedented times and the curve ball that this virus Covid-19 has thrown us, has completely floored all known ideas of normalcy. Life on this earth was getting challenging with effects of global warming like droughts, forest…
After lockdown… first outing
“The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.” Four months of lockdown, four months for staying indoors, four months of thanking my good fortune that brought me back home on the last flight back, four months of spending time rediscovering myself, rediscovering the corner of the countryside…
Lockdown diaries week 6
“Tough situations build strong people” My initial plan was to write an account of my life in lockdown every week but after week 2, I realised I had so much to do, so much to keep myself busy that decided to give writing a miss for a couple of weeks… now here I am in…
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