Alleppey: A Few of My Favorite Shots
My mother asked for more photos, so I’m adding a few highlights from our night on the houseboat in the backwaters of Alleppey. A magical experience!
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Goa: Afternoon Writing
After yesterday’s challenge to write stream-of-consciousness for 30 minutes, I’ve rediscovered journalling as a habit that I love and used to do quite often. I got through about half of […]
Today’s Challenge: An Ode to Overload and Underload
After two weeks on the road, through dusty villages and past at least a few million people, a few thousand cows and maybe a hundred odd goats, we’ve finally settled […]
Goa: Happy Holi!
Today was Holi, a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colors and as a marker of spring. We arrived in Goa, and driving to our yoga […]
Today’s Challenge: The Freedom of Opposite Day
When I was a kid, I loved to pretend it was Opposite Day (or “not opposite night” as I called it). I loved the laughter from misunderstandings, the competition of […]
Alleppey: Hilarious Kids
We’ve made the acquaintance of many an adorable child, and these two were some of our favorites. In the backwaters of Alleppey, we walked around a small community, where we […]
The Artistry of Eating
Someone once said that eating with a knife and fork is like taking a shower with a raincoat. As a New Yorker, raised on a strong knife and fork curriculum, […]
New Obsession: Log Trucks
American highways would be much happier places if all our trucks looked like this. Each truck is customized with a name, design, sayings, and patterns all the way to the […]
Alleppey: Morning Yoga
Attempting balance poses on a houseboat with local traffic paddling by was definitely a strength, concentration and agility builder!
The Last Two Days’ Challenges: Singing Birds A-Flock
“If the heart stays a green tree, singing birds will flock,” a young salesman told me last night, in his friend’s fabric shop in Thekkady. Over the past two days, […]
The Flip Files: Flip Any Day Into An Adventure 