These photos capture the view from my in laws verandah. When I am there, I feel like sitting on nature’s lap. But then, all of Kerala is a paradise of greenery. Although new houses are overtaking the landscape around their hundred year old house, nature has left its signature all around that place. Often we … More The Luxurious Nature #ThursdayTreeLove
when words never stick around … More In Search of Words #FictionMonday
Today was one such day when the conversations in my head didn’t want to appear on the page. Some days writing is difficult. I won’t call it writer’s block. The clatter inside my head never subsided. I couldn’t stay with a single thought, neither could I let a single thought stay with me. While thoughts … More When Nothing Makes Sense #SoulfulSunday
When did writing a weekly blog post become such a humongous task? There was a time when I used to write daily blog posts. But that was a different time. There were lots of people blogging because they liked the very act of pouring their hearts out and sharing those thoughts with other like-minded people. … More Some Blogging Rants #SoulfulSunday
When did my head start inviting these pesky intruders inside, letting them take over and leave a mess? The pain they leave behind is so difficult to deal with! Why did my head think that it was okay to let them in? Why didn’t my head stop them, right then and there on their tracks, … More An Unusual Journey #SoulfulSunday
Had I taken the other road,⠀Might I still be thinking today,⠀Had I taken the other road!⠀ -Vinitha This week I read the book The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. It was a fantastic read. I finished the book in four days. This book gave me some much-needed perspective. I started thinking about my other lives … More The Million Crossroads and life #SoulfulSunday
My mind is empty today. As in pin-drop silence. There are no musings hanging around. Not even a trace of thoughts from yesterday. It’s not the effect of meditation, I know that much. It’s as if every bit of thought decided to stay away from my line of sight because otherwise, I would write about … More My Empty Mind #SoulfulSunday
When I write morning pages in the morning, to absorb all my thoughts into a piece of paper, I often find myself empty. I feel nothing. Words disappear. Thoughts hide somewhere. But I know they aren’t gone. Probably just shy. As I sit here to write down my immediate thoughts, I look around and see … More Beneath the Layers #SoulfulSunday 4
This blog used to see a lot of parenting moments, mostly nuggets of wisdom my elder one shared, at the beginning of its life. Then gradually it changed to gratitude lists and random musings that wandered into my mind. I used to worry about not having a particular niche which stopped me from sharing my … More Liberating My Thoughts & Soul #SoulfulSunday 3
Void Thoughts 