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" A really sweet person, with a good sense of music and the midas touch when it comes to cooking ." That's how I've been d...
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Would you like some salmon spread and crackers to go with the Sauvignon Semillon? Is your marriage falling apart?
When I told Sid I was considering homeopathy as a line of treatment for my illness, that's exactly what he said. "You do realise ho...
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Now that Vee and I are back in each other's lives, I think about how much has changed and yet how little. She's not the little girl ...
Just when I was contemplating deleting my profiles from all the idiotic networking sites floating around, I found Vee! It's been a long ...
Life sucks and I will tell you why. You're feeling down for the millionth time in your life and you decide you will try talking to someo...
This is what middle-aged men do, he thought to himself. They seek out their own lost youth in those that are still young and exciting, hopin...
We are strange creatures indeed. We seek solace beyond the horizons of our comfort zones. We lock our lives in with complete strangers, hopi...
I remember how the roses looked that day. I’m not sure how many there were. Not even sure if they were all red. I’m sure some of them were m...
I cooked one of my favourite meals today. Bottle gourd ( doodhi / lauki ) and prawn curry, steamed rice, cluster beans ( gavaar ), and fried...
What shall we use To fill the empty spaces Where we used to talk? How shall I fill The final places? How shall I complete the wall... - Emp...
Music not only inspires me, it also fuels me and eggs me on. It gives me a reason to wake up each morning and helps me piece myself together...
It’s funny how I remember my grandmother’s birthday today. I often forgot it when she was alive and I don’t recall ever giving her a gift or...
Song on my mind - Out of my Head by Fastball Watched The Prince of Tides and actually liked it. Should have watched it years ago, or maybe ...
No matter how much we curse our country for everything that’s wrong with it, be it corruption, communal disharmony or bad Hollywood rip-offs...
Song on my mind - In My Life by The Beatles Last night as I watched Little Manhattan on Star Movies, I realised that all my life, with all ...
Definition: Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called avarice or covetousness...
I've been thinking about how much I've changed in the last couple of years and I must confess to being a bit surprised. I now buy an...
When you fall in love with someone, you shout it out from the rooftops, make lofty declarations of undying adoration and generally spend you...
Suffered a minor setback last week. Cried and cursed for 2 whole seconds. The road seems longer and harder now, even with all the noticeable...
"I miss you." Too many times I've heard those words being said to me. I may have said them even more than I care to remember. ...
Song on my mind - In the Quiet Morning by Joan Baez 1. Has every published poet in the world written a poem titled Lovesong or A Love Song ...
My blog looks so forlorn without any updates, so here is something I dug out from 2004, I think. I'm happy to report I haven't felt...
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires . What is it about buffet tables that make us all turn into gl...
3 Things that scare me: Snakes (not exactly things but they do scare the hell out of me!), Writer's Block, Most Women (again not thing...
Vee is a girl I watched grow up, and who probably watched me grow up a bit as well. I think she's also the closest I’ll ever get to havi...
Song on my mind - Bang Bang Bang by Tracy Chapman One more day, another slow awakening on a muggy morning and it's that same old craving...
I think too much, I write too much. I scratch above the surface and puncture nothing. I laugh too much, I cry too much. I hide behind open d...
It takes me an entire week to respond to an email sometimes And 10 minutes to write a poem that wasn't even brewing in my head. It takes...
1. Hold me. I can't . 2. Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world, to not know why you're her...
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To the only one who doesn't call or meet me in months and gets away with it. To the only one who can pick my brains for more than 10 min...
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Whenever I have displayed signs of brilliance and managed to outshine peers, my dad has always said, "In the kingdom of the blind, the ...
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