Hello Readers Welcome to the August posting of Write Edit Publish, where writing is a fun exchange of stories, ideas and everything writing! For this month, the prompt is the film CHOCOLAT based on the book by Joanne Harris, and if you would like to join us with your contribution and read the others, visit …
Those Who Look For You, Will Find You.
Dear Readers I’m not a philosopher, though I would like to be called one. The problem is, there’s only one label I find fit for myself – that of a learner. Philosophy interests me as a reader. Although what I learn is often a mere reflection of the beliefs of another. I try to reason …
Out of the Shadow
Dear Reader I bought potted parsley almost fifteen days ago. The man at the nursery told me it won’t last long. But I didn’t use it, not until this morning. Last night I felt the tremors, partially. It was only when my daughter banged on the door that I noticed the fan swinging. It was …
Music, Celebration & Other Complaints.
They haven't postponed the new release on OTT, the svelte heroine doe-eyed sways to a song, a poor adaptation of one from the sixties. Festivals wait in the wings, my daughter has counted fourteen days to Holi*. There's a wedding in the neighbourhood, notes of band wallahs* play louder than their livery. A friend sends …
Meeting an old, (un)familiar friend…
Free image pixabay Meeting an old friend after ages is sometimes like meeting a new person. Someone so new that you prefer their warm, old memory instead... We hold handsuninterrupted by lifeTalk about a hundreddreams-More than a score andfive years ago. We walk like we ownthe trailsthat lead to our homesSay hello to the tinyfoliolesbefriended …
Tea Times
Dear Readers, Just some random thoughts this week. More like the stream of consciousness. Maybe like what Virginia Woolf once said, I'm only trying to 'loosen the ligaments' in this piece. Hope you enjoy reading it. *** Every evening, as you trudge up the stairs I watch from the window. A tiresome smile escapes your …
A Hundred Quills 