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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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Where is the best place to watch the sunset near you? As Bloganuary sets down on the last day of January I thank Mindy Postoff for posting the prompts and all the bloggers who participated along with me and encouraged me on this 31 day journey. It was a huge distraction for me and I…
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Prompt provided today? What would you title the chapters of your autobiography? I really laughed out loud reading today’s prompt. All month long the prompts asked us so many personal questions. Many days I did not hesitate to answer them since mine is a personal blog. I kept thinking I can just put all the…
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Prompt for today What is something you learned recently? This is really interesting since I just made a blogpost a couple of days back. In fact that was the only post I made on my own in the month of January. I just wrote for Bloganuary prompts so when this question popped up I felt…
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Describe your perfect birthday cake. My tradition does not have cutting a cake for birthdays. Even after I got married and I came to this country, that was not a thing we did. But as my special one started understanding things he understood birthday means pizza and cake. We did not invite anyone but everyone’s…
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What are the pros and cons of procrastination? I usually write and post my blogs as soon as they are posted or say within an hour. But today I got into so many things that I postponed and it is lunch time and I am just rushing off to write something. If I miss this,…
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For the past two weeks I have been attending Guru Gita classes. A verse in the text refers to the meaning of “Guru”. “Gu” represents, darkness or ignorance and the syllable “ru” stands for light or knowledge. So Guru is the one who dispels darkness or ignorance. The term Guru is now referred so casually.…
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What language do you wish you could speak? Oh I would love to be multilingual. Is there any specific language? No there is not. I feel learning any new language is good for the brain. In fact on one Bloganuary question I did mention about my younger one not able to speak his mother tongue.…
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What is a song or poem that speaks to you and why? A picture of Lord Krishna being a charioteer, guides Arjuna in the battlefield. Bhagavad Gita, The song by Lord is a Holy Text of Hindus. It was a teaching done by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the midst of the battle field to…
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Prompt for today: How do you show love? My younger one calls me The Meany Mom. Yes, I show tough love. He loves that. So on days he is being pampered by me, he knows I am not in a great mood and I am going easy. When he was little, he had a hard…
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Prompt for today: What’s a lie you tell yourself? Getting up and saying to myself it is going to be a beautiful day whatever self, nature or other forces are going to put on to me. I am going to be happy and smiling all day!!!! A winter wonderland it is today and it is…
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What was your dream job as a child? Few months back, my brother and his family came to visit us. I was asking my teenage niece what her ambition was and what she wanted to do when she grew up. At that point my memories went back nearly thirty years. I was pestering my Dad…
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Prompt for today: Who is your favorite author? My favorite author is Kalki Krishnamurthy. Kalki Krishnamurthy was a Tamil writer and an Indian independence activist. Kalki was his pen name and he started a weekly magazine in Tamil called Kalki. Kalki died in the fifties but I started reading the magazine only in the late…
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