Originally published in- http://fortunatecave.livejournal.com/110328.html Red mumbles. And quite likely, I'm going deaf in one ear. This is how it happened: I was saying something about Mumaith Khan Red said something I heard as thus- She looks like Cromwell. Me: Cromwell? Oliver Cromwell? Eeks!! Red: Cromwell?!! I said kaamwaali!! *walks away shaking his head at me... Continue Reading →
Escape Into Fantasy- A Parenting Placebo
Every now and then I like to pretend. That things in my home are nearly picture perfect. When I sit down on the couch, or a chair I'm not likely to sit on a clothes pin that will jab me in the gluteus maximus. That I will have my coffee in peace, at length and... Continue Reading →
NOW We’re All Moved In
I found a house lizard a few minutes ago. Seven months and all my hopes of having a lizard-free house go down the drain. Aren't lizards even prone to vertigo? Am on the seventh floor for cryin' out loud! But on the bright side we got to see a hot air balloon being blown up... Continue Reading →
I Draw A Cartoon
One day, a few weeks ago, I sat and watched my bored son grimace, whine, beg, roll over, stomp, tear and rush his way to getting some fun during his summer holidays. While I watched him I drew the picture. While it's just a whacky picture by the standards of those who draw, by my... Continue Reading →
A Lazy Housewife’s Guide to Meals#1
I am QUITE lazy. I love non-elaborate things and don't like to make a song and dance about anything. I like my food to be flavorful and fast to cook. Am sharing a recipe for a chicken dish which can be used in wraps, with bread, rice or just hogged on cold. It's not the... Continue Reading →
The Photobug Trumps All
I want it on record that creepy crawlies aren't my thing. I am *not* filled with the milk of human kindness and charity towards all manner of creature even if they if have a role to play in the whole scope of things. Lizards bug me the MOST. I see one and I freeze and... Continue Reading →
There Are Lines…
Indeed there are. There are fine lines too, the ones which aren't demarcated with thick, bold colors-whether actual or virtual and then there are the F-I-N-E lines. Whatever be their shape or width;you generally don't cross them. The deal with the lines is this, it denotes the start of something that may or may not... Continue Reading →
The Wild Kingdom…Right At Home!
I have ALWAYS wanted to go to the Serengeti. Snorkel in the clear blue waters of atolls in Maldives. Scuba dive and even be inside a shark cage and see makos and great whites glide by. I'd probably give up the ghost right there if such an opportunity presented itself, truth be told, but one... Continue Reading →
Unending Home Improvement
I remember watching Bob Vila commercials during my few years in US. And after that Tim Allen's Home Improvement. So my idea of home improvement is something that usually be tackled with wrenches, spackle et al We've experienced hiccups, big and small, in the new house almost right from before we moved in and it's been tough... Continue Reading →
FREEDOM!!! A la Braveheart
The moment I woke up this morning, I inevitably beat my alarm to the punch, I was struck by a glorious thought- IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER CAMP!!! MLM's school had closed earlier than the schools in our locality and he's been vegetating at home and I have been sinking deeper into the... Continue Reading →
Random. Structured. Haphazard. All Me. 