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Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes is almost completely frozen! Being the shallow one, the feat was accomplished after 30 years! I had to see it and so we went in search of a beach! How long did we spend there? Just five minutes! My hands were frozen by the time I took my…
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When we landed in Phoenix on our trip during Christmas our first stop was at an Indian store. We had a long road trip and got all the snacks and food for the same. We came out of the shop and we were met by some ISCKON devotees. They were trying to sell us Srimad…
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Do you need a break? From what? Yes! I need a break from anything that is political and violent. I have been trying to change my YouTube and facebook feeds to something positive by the things I watch. It has been a project of mine. So much of hate going on. I started watching videos…
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The most important invention in your lifetime is… When I was a little girl, we went to our grandparents house in Kerala for our summer vacation. An overnight journey on a train from Chennai and two trains later we would be with our maternal grandparents. I do not know about now but then Indian railways…
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Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end. Getting up in the morning to see a spread of breakfast buffet (all kinds of cuisines) and unlimited coffee! Spending a the mid morning on a stroll along a lake or an ocean. Spending the rest of the morning reading a book and people watching. Come…
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How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? Got myself a new reading glass yesterday. The power has gone up! On the higer side! Remembered the first time I picked one. Felt as if I was getting old. But as time passes it has become a part of…
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Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done. A prompt that I have not written for! I am surprised at myself. The prompts have been spot on the same for couple of years and this one I have never touched it 😀! Maybe there one too many things on my “to do list”. Ha…
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A few days back I was talking to my mom. We were talking about Kancheepuram and silk sarees. I told her that I had a wonderful experience purchasing a saree when I visited Kancheepuram on my last India trip. She was surprised! She didn’t even remember me purchasing one. Yesterday, I had a wonderful opportunity…
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What’s your favorite thing to cook? Usually I post what I cooked on the particular day for this prompt. But “Yay” me! I have leftovers. I cooked and also got some food boxes from the temple yesterday that Monday morning looks like a breeze. Punxsutwaney Phil saw his shadow and we have six more weeks…
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It is February first! For most here in the cold Northeast of USA this definitely was a long month. We came back from a trip to the desert southwest on the first of January. Me, adding an extra day really made a difference since we saw an extra National Park and January was not a…
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What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it? I am afraid of snakes and heights. I write about it a lot! But I do see a lot of people posting things saying many things are unhealthy or giving medical advices and creating fear online. Then…
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What do you complain about the most? My constant complaint has been of the critters in my garden! So last year tried planting marigolds to keep them away. So this is part two of the formal conplaint I lodged a couple of years ago. Did they leave my garden? I don’t think so. I had…
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What are your favorite sports to watch and play? The Patriots are off to Super Bowl. Steelers have changed their head coach. News channels enlightened me with this news. Other than that I am not into sports nowadays. Cricket is a huge part of Indians. My husband would be watching highlights of games but I…
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What would you do if you won the lottery? I am not a gambler. We spent a week in Vegas and we just walked around the casinos. Maybe I don’t have that genetic marker for gambling 🤷♀️! That said there are days I love the bingo game I play with my young man at his…
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What books do you want to read? The past few days has been I am stumbling onto Tamil poetry. My mother tongue is Tamil தமிழ். Sunday it was Kambar’s Ramayanam and it was Arungirinathar’s Mayil Virutham. Yesterday was Thiruvalluvar’s Thirukural. It is so true a saying what we have learnt is the size of our…
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The storm is over and we ended up with a foot of snow. We did survive through it but we still have to clear the snow from our driveway! My young man did great yesterday. It’s been a while since he saw so much snow. Yes memories of Boston flooded. In fact we had two…
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Woke up to fresh snow cover! Finally the snow storm is here. As we picked up water and milk yesterday I remembered a storm last May when we lost power overnight. I had to burn candles which irritated my husband. Yes, I just had scented candles and multiple scented candles are not pleasant. But they…
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Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. I find this prompt to be lucky. I checked what I wrote last year and I am happy to declare or announce I did visit that attraction. We visited the Allegheny Portage Railroad historic site last summer. The closest…
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List five things you do for fun. Nothing has changed since I write for the prompt last year. Yes, blogging is a thing I do for fun. Our mall now has a cotton candy machine. This I wanted to blog about. I am not a sweet tooth person but maybe one day will try and…
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If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? I don’t have a pet. When I was growing up we had cats. One little one was very smart. My grandma used to let him out. But he would come and meow near the window she was sitting to let him in…
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