This Saturday I had a wonderful walk to remember at the fabulous campus nearby. I somehow had to slow down and I couldn’t think of a better way than to be in nature. “Hey! Watch out for that fella behind you!” The voice interrupts my consciousness, startling me. Just ten minutes earlier, I had settled on the sofa with my…
Sometimes it feels good to free write and reflect. Today’s conversation with myself is about crockery, cooking, and purging. With a significant birthday around the corner, I am in the process of sorting through stuff to donate/recycle/reuse. I found things that I have not even looked at for quite some time, tucked away, neatly packed for special occasions. And I…
As a coffee lover, one thing that would freak me out was having to throw away the cup of coffee grounds after making coffee. Sure, we used it in composting when we had a garden. But now we don’t. We still make coffee the traditional South Indian way with a steel filter, where we fill the top container with freshly…
“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” ~ Marie Kondo Marie Kondo is an organization expert. Her mission, in part, is to bring order to people’s lives by helping them let go of the past, the things in their life that don’t ‘spark…
Christmas may be several months away, but it’s never too early to prepare early for the holiday season. The earlier you start, the less stressful the festive period will be for you, and the more you can enjoy and cherish every moment. Before you know it, summer will be gone, and you will get busy prepping for back-to-school time. As…