It’s been a while since I wrote. Haven’t had much inspiration lately. That’s what having in-laws at home does to me. I am on new turf now, completely at my wit’s end. Not that my in-laws are the evil saas-bahu type of people. They don’t make me eat leftover food or make me wash their [...]
HG and I finally have the house to ourselves. Feels strange. We haven’t had this kind of freedom since Feb, when my parents arrived from India. The last few months were a busy whirl. I feel like I did a lot but when I sit down to list the activities it’s like I did nothing. [...]
Mine, I am proud to say, is a genius. Last week I saw him making multiple trips to our basement, which at first I mistook for his daily laundry routine (my folks are the kind who insist on washing clothes everyday). But very soon I saw him scurrying down with some tools, and soon after [...]
PBS has been showing ‘The Complete Jane Austen’ series as part of Masterpiece Theatre. It comes on Sunday nights and I am thoroughly enjoying the watching and re-watching of these classics. So far we have seen Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Sense & Sensibility is next week. The cast is not [...]
- warm dinner every night
- homemade breakfast too some days
- packed lunch boxes
- washed laundry
- a spotlessly clean home
- someone waiting eagerly for you to come back from work
- someone to argue with
- someone to blindly defend me in an argument with HG
There are days when I want to strangle my mother, but when I [...]
It happens gradually. You don’t get a sense for it in your weekly phone calls home. For you, your parents are still the same ones you left behind. They couldn’t really have turned old. That only happens to other people’s parents and in Hindi movies. Never mind that dad has been availing of the senior [...]
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