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Two days back my Mom told me she was going to wear marudhaani. Marudhaani is nothing but henna. This is not the one sold in packets in store but the fresh one. My parents have a plant and usually the leaves are plucked fresh and grinded. We used to have a stone grinder outside and…
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I received some good news in my email, that I passed my third level sanskrit exam conducted by Samskrita Bharathi USA. Last weekend, I received an email saying the results would be announced in a couple of days. The nervousness I experienced whenever I received an email alert over the next couple of days made…
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So for Things People Visit, here are my entries and these are places we visit often. Temples: Whenever we visit a new city, we try to go to the Temple there. You name a Temple, we would have been there in the North East part of this country. Of course we are a God loving…
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Written for Sadje’s What do you see? Image credit; Joshua Clay @ Unsplash A girl and then a boy every parents’ dream fulfilled. Is it same for the siblings? Not so! It’s looks like a rivalry from day one. The elder sister tries to dominate the little brother. The younger one doesn’t care. She tries…
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For Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #208 Now hosted by Paula. Welcome! I am temporarily hosting the FFFC while Fandango recuperates. Please join me in sending good vibes to Fandango with the hope that he’ll be back in top blogging form ASAP. In the meantime, I will be posting a photo I grab off the internet…
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After a fun weekend at Ontario (if you have missed , check it out here) we came home to find that we have so many maintenance, repair and replacement work. I think that is how life is. My Mom used to say this while I was growing up and I have seen in other people’s…
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It was her birthday tomorrow. It was the first time she was going to celebrate without her parents and in her newly married joint family home. He knew there would not be a celebration like she used to have while she was at her parents. He could hear a song from the latest movie Bobby…
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Does this picture inspire you to write something? Image credit; The Ian @ Unsplash When I was growing up my Grandfather was keen on reading the obituaries in the newspaper. It has been years since I have bought a printed newspaper and really sad that current generation has no clue about the excitement it used to bring…
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I realized only today morning that I was wearing a charm bracelet made by special one. He made this at his social group, the theme being Mardi Gras. He has made and I have helped him make many things in the past but I have never worn anything. We made a mask yesterday and a…
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Deep grateful thanks to the State Department employees who sent all our renewed passports last week much to our suprise that we could do an impulse trip to Toronto for President’s Day Weekend. It has been more than 5 years since we crossed the border so this trip was truly exciting. Toronto was cold but…
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For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge : Last week was Things People Grow and this week it is Things People play with! When my special one was 3, we started browsing the internet for various therapies and one of them was Floor Time. This was a method developed by Dr. Greenspan and it involved tons of…
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#WDYS Does this picture inspire you to write something? Image credit; Deniel Argenal @ Unsplash The woman is shorter than a giraffe, but is having her head held up high and the giraffe, even though taller has the head down looking at her. The beautiful sky makes me want to analyze more about the scenario. A small…
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Valentine’s Day is now all commercial. But I donot mind a little bit of celebrations in the middle of winter and the past 24 hrs I have been celebrating the same with my special one. A party at his program with games and food. He won a prize for scoring the most in the bean…
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For Fandango’s Flash fiction challenge #206 Fiction inspired by the photo! Sending Fandango all the positive vibes for a quick recovery. Walking back from a doctor’s appointment the man felt hopeless. The list of tests, the medications made his head spin. As he slowly walked, the beautiful sunset caught his eye. He decided to sit…
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A few months back I wrote a post called when the waves stop (you can read in the link), that my boy would be performing at Sri Venkateshwara Temple, Pittsburgh. Yes, my boy did perform during Navaratri and it was a success story. We did not record but were surprised when friends sent me messages…
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It was 70 degrees for us yesterday and it felt like spring. What a nice time to remember all the vegetables that was grown in our garden through the years. For CFFC: Things People Grow The green pumpkin was a surprise many years ago. We had just planted zucchini and for many months we did…
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Last weekend I spent a lot of time lying on the bed and binge watching Tintin on my ipad. I caught a bug and according to my younger one I was enjoying my life. I was not too sick but had to rest myself so I could get better fast for the week ahead. I…
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We visited Phipps Conservatory and Botanical garden for the first time last December. We went to see the Christmas lights, but the greenhouse garden was more than what we expected. This garden does offer discounted price for my son which we did not know and utilize. I heard from one of my friend that they…
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My special one is obsessed with the candies at the service plazas when we drive. I should not complain about him. I too get myself lost in the souvenir area and forget I am with a family. The key chains, the mugs, the shot glasses look at me and keep saying to me “BUY ME”.…
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We have a solid prediction from a very reliable source that it is going to be 6 more weeks of winter! Happy Groundhog Day All! I found this picture on my phone. I think it was a meme made by my younger one with help of snap. So true! A short month with just 28…
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