Susan Narjala | January 10, 2024
Checking into a hotel by myself can be a rather unnerving experience for me. Having been a stay-at-home mom for almost 16 years, I’ve never really taken business trips alone....
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Four zucchinis lounge on my kitchen counter awaiting their fate. Soon, they will be peeled, shredded and then folded into a batter of flour, sugar, oil and eggs along with...
Continue ReadingPauline | September 20, 2022
“I’m so tired!!" My husband jokes that that’s the statement he hears from me most nowadays. Our family moved into our new home in a small community in Orissa two...
Continue ReadingSheryl Jacob | July 5, 2022
It took a recent holiday with my family to see how much I needed a break from the day-to-day hustle of life. I did not realise how emotionally spread out...
Continue ReadingDeepa David | February 28, 2022
After a beautiful vacation in Goa at the beginning of the year, we came back to Delhi and to the third wave. My first reaction was "Oh no, not again!"...
Continue ReadingKim W Freeman | March 27, 2019
When I begin to sense that the hustle of life is weighing me down, I immediately do one of two things. I either start to daydream about finally traveling to...
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When writing a post about solitude and silence, don’t be surprised if life throws a number of roadblocks in your way, and the deadline for submission flies past you. In...
Continue ReadingPauline | September 25, 2017
The other day, as we were driving to a friend's house for dinner, our car began to overheat. This is our first car and with our limited knowledge about cars,...
Continue ReadingMaggie | September 13, 2017
I have been in a state of survival for years now. Every time I start to get things under control (which is really an illusion, by the way) something upends...
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