100 Words On Saturday – Week 10

The Art of Secret Keeping (44/52)

Introduced in February 2013 - an invitation, a prompt, a linky. Write exactly a 100 words on the prompt and publish it on your blog - a story, a poem, a mini-essay. The linky will be open right up to next Friday, after which I will have a new prompt and a fresh linky.   <div align="center"><a href="http://everydaygyaan.com/tag/100-words-on-saturday/" title="100 Words On Saturday"><img … [Read more...]

100 Words on Saturday Week 8

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Introduced in February 2013 - an invitation, a prompt, a linky. Write exactly a 100 words on the prompt and publish it on your blog - a story, a poem, a mini-essay. The linky will be open right up to next Friday, after which I will have a new prompt and a fresh linky. 100 Words On Saturday 8 Prompt: RUFFLE/D FEATHERS She reminded him that the electricity bill was due. "Why are we using so much electricity? I know you have no value for my hard earned money. If you had to work, you'd know", … [Read more...]

Real Presence

I try to make new connections - I truly do. But of late, I've been having issues of really connecting with people. I wonder if it's me or is a phenomenon you experience too. Do you sometimes come away from having spent hours with a person or people, seemingly having a good time, but feeling empty inside? It happened to me recently and while there was nothing intrinsically wrong with this group of people - well-read, intelligent and well-meaning men and women.  Yet, I  felt a certain sense … [Read more...]

To Autumn

Autumn is not really a distinct season in India. All my images of autumn come from my reading.  To me no one described autumn better than John Keats in his poem 'To Autumn'. But then I've always been partial to Keats. His poem dwells on three aspects of autumn - growth, maturity and finally approaching death. So much like the cycle of life. We grow and blossom, mature and then get ready for the ultimate leveler - death. To me autumn is all about celebrating life and love and taking the time to … [Read more...]

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