When we met Jeffery archer ....

... It was a laugh riot. Indeed he is the grand old man of fiction. You could read abt it Here.
While all he said n did that day is captured in the article, what impressed me most is that he is so down to earth despite all the fame ! How many Indian writers of current gen can claim to be that
He had the audience - from a grumpy teenager to a a grandmother - lapping up his words. The pic should do more talking ....
BTW can u find me n hubbs in the pic ;)
Linking this to  ABCWednesday ( j is for Jeffrey archer)

Pic as published in Hindu!

Insatiable...

.. is what my "mood" emoticon should read :-). But err can u blame me when my resident-chef is on a cooking spree... Hv a decko on what was on menu over last few days......

A  cheesy frittata with the works for the appetizer?

A Beef steak medium well-done with pepper sauce and Mashed potatoes!

A Tiramisu experiment with mascapone cheese, Kahlua, Coffee powder and dark Chocolate!

 Pics n ofcourse all the cooking is courtesy Hubbs :-D

Linking this to ABC Wednesday (I is for Insatiable)

All I want is....

.......A day where am contended to be in today, without wondering what tomorrow will bring, Without worrying about the time ticking by....

Pic courtesy Hubs!

Post 3 in my series of POW

Women in my Life......

Pic Courtesy Hubs!

I know the pic is cheesy, but ain't this pic so representative of women! Each of us different ~~ physically, emotionally, mentally - but each a beauty, each brings a diff color to our life n together they are the strength that holds together many lives, many families :-).

Here is wishing all women I know(even the tweeny-weeny ones too) ~~ In real life to virtually(yea u!) ~~ a happy women's day! Many a smiles, many a tears, many a gossip thts been shared over the years- months. Each of you have been a inspiration, a strength to me ~~ Thank you for being there!

Today also happens to be the day I enter the tenth year of my career... A career that thou ain't exactly going "great guns" am pretty happy with! Will this day be the beacon of all other good times in my life... Only time will tell!

Needed, Needed!!

Needed, Needed - A child under 7 for an hour everyday for 10 days! Simply cause I hv been re-reading "Charlie n Chocolate Factory" n now hv an irresistible urge to act it out :-D Imagine how much it should appeal to a child if a very-much-sensible 30 years old can get this excited!

I started off with "English Patient" n ended up reading this one! Says something abt my reading tastes huh!!

Picture of the week....

pic courtesy Hubbs!

.... A sparrow! Recently somebody told me that they are on verge of extinction (at least in cities) n to think tht there were so many milling around the colony I used to live in as a child!! I hope a day doesnt come when I will hv to look out for them in Zoo parks :-/

We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.

Post 2 in my series of Picture of the week!

Wheres ur spine?.

Did you read this article on TOI - Bangalore edition? This was the culmination(or is it the beginning) of the Spine poetry group I spoke of here.....

A weekend thts full of books, food, Friends ought to be fun! But wht took the enjoyment to all together another level(for me) was this event saw so many people living their dreams(or atleast getting a step closer) ......

From a friend who went a step closer in realizing her dream of owning a book-shop someday (Volunteering for the event involved arranging n re-arranging the books) - The sigh of satisfaction on her face was priceless!

.....To a friend who took the first concrete step in setting up her own baking business one day - all the oohs n aahs the cakes-cutlets enthused is all the encouragement she needed(or so I think :-))

....To hubs, who gets a kick out of feeding people n having them relish it!

....To husbands who surprisingly rallied around to understand their wife's aspirations

N most of all to dearest Sabs who almost single-handedly conceptualized n implemented this entire event!!! N i truly hope that this event is jus the first of many she will go onto do in future...

Maybe my spine lies not in these poems, not in this job - but maybe in these people n books who see you thru this messy business of life :-)

PS: I hv been trying to write this post now for a few days with no Luck! It was sabs who once again came to my rescue with her idea of bringing in the "friends n dreams" angle to this post :-)

Story of a Bud.....

... is the story of Tomorrow,

The story yet to be told,

the story thts yet to be scripted....

......will the bud bloom into a beautiful flower spreading the joy of beauty all around or will the bud jus shrivel n fall off before it even blossoms??

Only time will tell.....

The first of the series(hopefully!) where I intend to post one random click(usually by hubbs)!

Valentine day.....

.... Should be symbolic of the true loves of our life! Now who says that its only ur "Special somebody" who can be the "Love of your life". It could be anybody from your niece to your pet dog to your best friend rt.....

So imagine the high that hubbs is in on this special day for he is been gifted with what can only be called as one of his many "true loves in life" -  by his SIL on the valentines day eve!

So without any further ado let me introduce this "special something" that has hubbs positively glowing ..... A pair of "pluggers" :-D (Jus a fancy term for funky sandals - the kind that you would wear on beach)

All of u allowed to roll ur eyes at this juncture for how can  a pair of sandals can give a man in his 30s a high(beats me too!)! But  plz remember its ma hubbs we talking of who is truly in love with his shoes-sandals n the fact that there is a ongoing curfew at our house on buying more shoes-sandals. The curfew is simply cause he already has 30+ pairs of shoes-sandals(!!!!).

Here is a pic frohttp://capturedalive.wordpress.com/m his blog, to commentate this day.......

PS: This post originated post a conversation on FB with Mridula

Magic of 'Books'!

'Chocolat' is a book I recently finished - yea the book behind the famous 'Chocolat' movie. I picked this with dreams of getting lost in a world of chocolates,  but errr I dint half enjoy it as much as I expected to!

A point that has to be mentioned at this juncture is that I read this book on Kindle - I now wonder if the experience of reading books of this genre would have been exalted if it was read on a "book" instead of Kindle! U c there's something abt the book cover, of the yellowed pages, of the smell - that tends to let u get lost into the plot of the book. I can almost image sighing in pleasure as I turn a page that describes the endless flavors of chocs dished out by the main character of 'Chocolat'!

A case in point - Look at this bookcover. Aint there something abt this pic that conjures up images of a house in a European countryside, of wine in all its flavours, of a kitchen filled with sooth, of a simple life,........  the pleasures of imagination that seems to elude me whn i read a e-copy of anything... wonder why!

BTW the older the books, more the magic it seems to weave!

No wonder my latest hangout seems to be the famous Blossom book store(The haven for second hand books in B'lore)! Imagine getting lost in rows n rows n rows of endless rows of books :-D

 

Linking this to ABC Wednesday (E is for e-reader; E is for entertainment)