Serenity

My Cup Runneth Over

Custard apples and long green vegetables displayed on a wooden market table

There was a time I would NOT eat drumsticks/moringa and positively detested custard apples. Just between you and me, I judged people who enjoyed them. I was convinced they had been dropped on their head by their mothers, repeatedly. Hence their mental faculties were irreparably damaged. One sympathized, of course, but one didn’t fret over […]

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Garden Chronicles: Fragrant Night Jasmine

Fragrant

We moved into our current home nearly fifteen years ago. Fifteen years! That’s a major chunk of time, especially for my children. My son was just two years old then. Now he is a strapping lad of seventeen! That’s almost a lifetime! Two years after we moved in, or maybe a year later, we planted […]

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The Serenity Prayer: Thought for 2018

Serenity

Summarizing 2017: In 2017, I didn’t choose a word/ phrase/ thought for the year as I had done every year since 2012. There is no reason for not doing it. It just didn’t happen. Strangely enough,  I didn’t stress about it which was very out of character for me. I usually fuss and get displeased […]

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Perfection

The day draws to a quiet close with all the perfection of a well-played concerto. It is late afternoon. The winter sun filters through the foliage of the trees that hug my home and creates dappling, moving shadows on the floor. My eyes return repeatedly to the brilliant green-gold of the view outside as I […]

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