This is a shout out to all my blogger friends, who have visited my site for the past few weeks and even left comments on old posts when there was no new stuff to see. I have been on my annual vacation home, where the internet connection is always extremely dicey. Though to be honest […]
Almost 4 hours from Bangalore are the twin temple cities of Belur- Halebid in Hassan district of Karnataka. The road was good for almost 75% of the journey which is always a blessing and there were huge maps put up by the tourist department at two points along the route, displaying all important places nearby […]
“Its one of those days!”, I announced to Hubbs this morning. He looked up from his laptop, and concentrated on me for about 2 minutes as his mind went over the different interpretations of that sentence. Then he noticed the apron. “Noo!”, he almost choked. “Yes!’, I happily confirmed, “I am cooking today!” I have […]
After months of agonizing over this watercolor painting of wild Belladonna Lilies, I have decided that I can’t really do anything to save it and since I did announce the project on WordPress, I must be honest enough to put up the result for all to view. The moment I had finished with the first […]
Continuing with the streak of reading romance novella’s, I picked up Christina Dodd, another well-loved author and with rave reviews on Goodreads. I was however, not impressed. It became a chore to read the book with the lovemaking scenes progressing for 5-6 pages with no relief in sight. But I must not be so cruel, I guess, since […]
So apart from the great fun we had when Madhabi di had come over, the main event was the gift she got me. It was a Kindle! And her sister-in-law Antara gave me approximately 3000 books to begin my collection with. Now let me be honest and tell you that I was a member of […]
I had read about the Hanover Square Affair a few months back and I finally got an opportunity to read this author when I got my Kindle. ( Yes, it has happened!) Captain Lacey would have been a prime candidate for my ‘Dark, Melancholy Detectives’ write up, had I known about him earlier. He […]
