Thought Experiment

Happy New Year Ya'll. I've been a bit lazy and so did not write much last year. But, I am back. Today, I decided to keep track of my thoughts and log them. 5 minutes into the experiment, I was exhausted and could not log every passing thought. So, I modified my experiment to log …

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Adventure stories

How are you all m'dears? I have been reading a lot and it was time to return all my books to my friendly neighborhood library. [My local library is part of a larger network of libraries, so, you can borrow from one location on the network, and return at another, as long as that library …

Bovine Digestion

*****Warning - Please read this blog post after lunch. I went to a social event recently and a bunch of us were standing around and chatting. This other couple joined the group and greeted everyone except me, hubby was not with me at that moment. Yaah! that happened!! I excused myself and searched for hubby …

Do this before you judge

I could see the horror in his eyes as I sped on the freeway. He was clutching tightly to his seat and his knuckles were white. He was swallowing fiercely and alternately looking at his watch and at the freeway. He seemed to get his composure only after his drop off at the tutoring center. …

I am an alchemist

Aloha, Namaste, How are ya'll today? I had a very interesting afternoon today and wanted to share my process of coping. So here goes. I am a person who likes to keep everything prim and proper and in its place. Kiddo is the exact opposite. She leaves things around even after repeated reminders. She washed …

A primer on making photocopies

When kiddo was little, very little, I used to do something that I am not proud of. I used to squeeze her hand to let her know that what she was doing or saying was not right. Example - if we were at a party and I was chatting with someone (a grown up) and …

Room Temperature Butter

Why is room temperature butter important in the first place? Because butter has certain unique properties that distinguish it from other fats used for baking. It’s solid at room temperature, but unlike other saturated fats, it’s whippable—in other words, it’s capable of holding air. This is important in baking because during the “creaming” stage, in which butter …

I am a lighthouse

Ok, not literally 🙂 Did you read my post titled Inner Light? Those two words really stirred my soul. Do I have Inner Light, I started wondering? Umm... I do not think so. So, how do I cultivate it? Before cultivating it, I need to define it, yes? My definition is - a light within …

Inner Light

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.Elisabeth Kubler -Ross

Making new memories

Happy New Year! On January 1st, we went on a trip to this beautiful seaside town, I was driving. Kiddo had severe motion sickness due to the hairpin curves and threw up in the car. We somehow made it to the parking lot which was full. We pulled up alongside a house to get her …