There’s something so satisfyingly special about watching the rain from indoors. Warm, cozy, safe, and with a big mug of steaming filter coffee, while the water drizzles or lashes haphazardly, humoring the wind, loitering around with it, playing with it as it drenches everything in its wake. The scent of the…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
I love coffee. As per a recent survey, apparently 60% Americans enjoy their daily coffee and make it part of their routine because they believe coffee keeps their brain active and maximizes their efficiency. I’d wholeheartedly agree. But yes, it is easy to love coffee for its own sake – it…
I am a big fan of cartoon shows. During my childhood, there weren’t many but we absolutely adored the few comic books we could get hold of and enjoyed their words of wisdom through inspiring quotes. But those days are nothing compared to the abundance we have now – as I found…
I can safely say I am a #Johnsonsbaby. My association with them goes back a long, long way. J&J products were considered a premium in the 60s when using homemade cosmetics was the order of the day. My first J&J kit arrived when my uncle, who worked in Defence, visited their…
Dear T, Life is a wonderful journey where we meet souls that sync with ours. Sometimes we meet them early in life and take the journey together and there are those we meet along with way. We see them, and our souls meet and click, as if the missing pieces just…
“While there are lots of books available on retirement, the only book that really matters is the one that you write yourself”. What am I doing talking about retirement, aka the golden years? As far as I am concerned there’s no such thing. But a close relative of ours recently retired…
“I want to enroll for the 3-month Spanish course” “But we can’t afford the fee now” “I really want to do it. There’s an opportunity for a wonderful part-time job!” Sigh. As you might have guessed, that didn’t happen, of course. The savings we had was earmarked for a number of…