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The Hunger Games
Part I I picked this up from a younger cousin’s stash of books, having effectively ignored it for a long time now. I had always had the impression that it would be gross, ‘how does anyone have a game...
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Life
“Life has passed you by”, he said. “What?? When? Do you mean now? How is that so?”, she said. “When you were asking all the questions.”, he said. Inspired by Rick Mallery’s power shorts.
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Article 5
An oldish man, sitting on the aisle end of a bus seat. Run down in appearance, with frayed and not very clean clothes. Stooping over, either from sleep, or some illness, or age, or something else...
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Turn and Turn and Turn
Daily Prompt: For many of us, winter is blooming into spring, or fall hardening into winter. Which season do you most look forward to? So change the seasons. One melding into the next, the 2nd merging...
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Million Dollar Question
Daily Prompt: Why do you blog? The title for this prompt is apt, it is indeed a million dollar question. And after seeing the stark question “why do you blog?”, I cannot go away, ignoring this prompt...
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Re-read? Really?
Another daily prompt which caught my eye is Second Time Around: Tell us about a book you can read again and again without getting bored — what is it that speaks to you? If you know me, you’ll know...
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The Text, Text, Text, Text World
Daily Prompt: How do you communicate differently online than in person, if at all? How do you communicate emotion and intent in a purely written medium? Communication online is a completely different...
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The Glass
Daily Prompt: Is the glass half-full, or half-empty? 2 beers. Comin’ right up. Pour, slosh, tap tap drip. Some beer ends up on the polished and drunk wood. Hell, with the amount of alcohol it imbibes...
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Graffiti/Gyaan
Seen on a board at an Autorickshaw parking place. “You’re soul responsible for your own vehicle.” Very, very bad English. Or very, very good philosophy. Take your pick.
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Article 0
Y’all, (if there’s a y’all still remnant) , I’m breaking away from my usual topics and rants to post something different. My brother, whose links and art I had last posted here, has now put up on his...
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A pinch of you
This week’s writing challenge is absolutely gorgeous. It asks for ‘your best recipes’ .. all the bits and pieces and quirks and foibles and loves that make you you. And while I am not writing out a...
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These Boots Were Made for Walking
Shall I tell you about the warm, fur lined boots I wore in winters few? They were nice and comfy and picked up cheap to face my first snow, but I couldn’t walk comfortably in them. They sure saw a lot...
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Expecting someone taller
Book review time. This was apparently Tom Holt’s first humorous fantasy novel (Dewdette, love, did I ever thank you for introducing me to T.H. ?). I was about to insert a wiki link here for the plot...
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7s and 8s
We are growing up now. The blog has embarked on its 8th year. No profound words of wisdom here, just a little wish and hope that I continue to find the necessary impetus to write. And that readers...
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G.R.A.V.I.T.Y.
Someone might write, or may have already written, why this is THE must watch movie for this year, so what the heck, here’s my own compilation of ten unbeatable reasons you should watch Gravity and be...
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How is the new so
Another DP challenge: Click over to your favorite blog, and pick out the 4th and 14th words (that aren’t “the” or “an”). Drop them into this phrase: “_____ is the new _____.” There’s your post title....
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