As far as I can recall, there have been very few times when I couldn’t wait for a year to come an end. There hasn’t been a single prominent reason but 2016 has been such a tiring year. The sum under the curve integrated so steeply that I was exhausted in fall already. The onslaught[…]
Suppressed majorities It’s thanksgiving season now. The turkey jokes are flying around, waiting to be slaughtered and rehashed over dinner. The weather is bludgeoning us with its pre-winter cold grey drab mallets. The trees have ended their resistance and accepted their bare fate for the next few months. Yet, or perhaps despite the coldness, I[…]
Festive lighting Is it possible that I have forgotten the art of celebration? I don’t know what it is about this year but I am struggling to celebrate it well. It is not that I am downtrodden and in despair. On the contrary, I am blessed with a beautiful wife who supports me endlessly. A[…]
No more West I spent over ten days in the Pacific Northwest and did not get soaked once in the rain. Well, at least, not literally. Metaphorically though, I came back drenched in the wilderness of the region. Even in Seattle, a city of moderate size, the sea gulls claimed their corners convincingly. The trees[…]
Awaiting destiny’s arrival The 15th of August is here. The day of independence for a ‘newish’ country that will always be my home. It is also the day when I left that country on for another country that I chose to chase my dreams in. And I have used that coincidence for the last thirteen[…]
Are we out of the woods yet? Have I ever mentioned how much I love camping? While others fret about the lack of facilities that keep us clean and moisturized, I begin to shed the awkward pounds of routine, the terrifying weight of expectation and the artificial complexity of life. I dream of super cars[…]
The rightful owner It wasn’t her fault that it took so long. I struggled to teach her everything right. It began with how she perceived differently. I noticed the signs, the neighboring lanes and the oncoming obstacles. I could anticipate the behavior of the beings around us and yet she seemed blind to the obvious.[…]
I am an emotional chap. And especially when it comes to numbers. The tangibles of mathematics are enough to exude irrational feelings. It remains my fall back option on very important anniversaries. Today, my dad starts his last birth year in his sixties and as I write this in my mid-thirties. This is what life does[…]
I am not drowning enough For not being an athlete, I sure do have all the symptoms of being one. My feet are hard caked. My toe nails are doubled up. I have had an ACL repaired. And I seem to hurt in the same places like long distance runners do, although, I haven’t even come[…]
The odometer that measures travel. And eventually resets. Years ago I had questioned what kind of country my first home wanted to be. It was an open ended question. Much like how my new old home is asking herself that same question on the eve of super Tuesday. My wife are following the elections closely with[…]