The Bulbul Story
On one of my visits to the physiotherapist last month I saw a family of red-whispered bulbuls. Before I could identify them as such all I could see was some movement in the thickly growing bamboo i…...
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Are You….?
Recently I was mistaken for someone else. That’s nothing new as far as I am concerned. Apparently there are many of my lookalikes roaming the earth. There I was standing outside the book store at t...
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Mango Blooms and Other Things
February has only begun, but the weather is already exhibiting its anti-social attitude. Dry, dusty and hot. Well, not so much when compared to other places. But to us from God’s Own Country, it is...
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That Thing Which Never Gets Done
Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done. It was not my intention to answer today’s prompt. But when I saw what it was, I went ‘Aaah!’ to myself and went straight for it. It’…...
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The Fence March
On Sunday,, while waiting for my friend to pick me up, I saw someone familiar foraging on the stretch of grass next to the fence. A Greater Coucal. Did I have time to take a picture without making …...
4 Days Ago
The Quandary
“Ma’am you have lost so much weight. I wasn’t sure it was you at first.” That was my physiotherapist, who had last seen me when I weighed sixteen kilograms more than I do now. “It’s commen...
2 Months Ago