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…...
21 Days Ago
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...
22 Days Ago
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...
23 Days Ago
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’…...
24 Days Ago
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 …...
25 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...
3 Months Ago