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Poetry : Recipe for Diplomacy, Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge #19: The state of the world

I wrote this poem two weeks ago in the light of the events happening around. It’s an ironic take on how diplomacy works these days. I’m sharing it now as Willow, who, is the host of this week’s Tanka Tuesday, has asked us to write a a nonet and use synonyms for : The state of […]

Exploring Ngong Hills: A Scenic Day Trip from Nairobi

Ngong Hills is an hour and ten minutes drive from Nairobi city. We left our hotel at around 8.50 a.m. and reached the foot of the hills at 10 a.m. As per all the sites I had seen, 10 a.m. is a good time to begin the hike up the hills, before the sun shines […]

Doors of Penang, Tanka Tuesday- 250625, Art and Thankful Thursday

This post is going to be a potpourri of a little of this and that : poetry, art, photographs of doors and a little chatter. I hope it’s to your taste and doesn’t bore you. Well, first, the doors for Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors Challenge. These doors are from my trip to Malaysia in April. […]

Exploring Penang and Kuala Lumpur: A Family Journey

This post completes our trip to Penang and Kuala Lumpur. If you’d like to read the earlier parts of the travelogue, you can check it out here. Last day in Penang On our last day in Penang, we visited Penang Hill to see the sunrise. As it was at 7.07 a.m., we left the hotel […]

Published in The Wise Owl : ‘Shopping List for when the World Ends- A Celebration of Life’

I’m delighted to share my poem, ‘Shopping List for when the world ends’ has been published in The Wise Owl magazine. Despite ‘When the World Ends’ in the title (which I pray it doesn’t), it’s not a morose poem but is meant as a celebration of life. Let me know what you think of it. […]

Painting ‘Walking in the Rain’: Inspiration and Technique

The above quote totally resonates with me. There are a million images of paintings by great artists on social media. Some speak to me, others don’t. And if a painting speaks to me, I like to give it a try, even if it seems daunting. I’m finding it easier these days to face the blank […]

The Beauty of Penang Doors 1: A Visual Travelogue

This week, I’m sharing pictures of doors, I took in Penang, an island in Malaysia. If you want to read my travelogue on this island, you can check this link. Penang is perfect for photographs. A bright, vibrant place, the island is famous for its street art, cafes’ and restaurants. For door lovers, there are […]

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Paths and Trails & Tanka Tuesday 170625 : Relationships

Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge this week is to share pictures of ‘Paths and Trails’. I found it hard to resist this challenge as I love taking pictures of paths and painting them, too. So, I did a search on ‘Paths’ in my phone and it threw up all these pictures taken over the last five […]

Discover the Charm of Penang: Walk, Eat, Pose, Repeat

I completely forgot that I hadn’t completed my travelogue on Malaysia. If you haven’t read part 1 of our trip, you can check it here- Dine and shop in Kuala Lumpur. Now for the onward journey. After spending two days in KL, we travelled by car as the flight to Penang got cancelled. The journey […]

Art : An ordinary little birdie

This is my second bird painting. I was wondering what to do next and I decided to try out a bird again just to ensure that the first one wasn’t a fluke. Here’s the little guy I painted using watercolours. It’s based on a painting by Kathleen. I saw the picture on Pinterest and gave […]