After a hectic two days, Monday was set aside to rest, relax and head back home. True to our agenda, we had a late start to the day and had an early lunch. After lunch however, we decided to walk to the nearest grocers. A store called H E B about half a mile from […]
Stewing inside a plane on the tarmac for two odd hours I resigned myself to the fact that the trip was not starting out well. My mom looked pensive and K was engaged in conversation with his co-passenger who seemed delighted by his company. Six hours later stepping off the plane into the vast expanse […]
Racing against time, I dropped K off at the building entrance and went to park my car. It was almost 9:00. Lugging my laptop case and a pretty heavy lunch bag, I made my way to the door shoulders hunched from the cold and the breeze. I struggled with the door and pushed it open […]
Today morning as I cut veggies to the strains of Lalitha Sahasranamam in the background, my mind was on other things. Like assimilation and fitting in. K and I visited our friends of a long time yesterday late evening. They have a college going son who among other things is extremely intelligent and a topper […]
Late yesterday evening we had a pleasant surprise. A good friend who had relocated to India was back in the area and stopped by for a couple of hours of chit chat and dinner. As we covered local gossip and work related news we took our plates and sat down for a home cooked meal […]
It is not always I get forwards that I bookmark to re-read later or spend more time on it. Today was one such day. A friend I hear from occasionally sent me a link to a teaser video. It looked a a topical glance like a cartoon. Wait. It even had a live girl talking […]
Never thought I’d live to see this day. When I would proclaim my joy to the world on how much I loved the smell of mulch. Don’t get me wrong. Mulch smells and horribly too but after years of seeing the seasons change, I have finally learned to associate the smell of mulch with the […]
This piece by A N N A whom I heart made me think of elections of a different kind. Of a different time and place. I have seen my fair share of elections at the state level and ones that engulfed the whole country. Ones where propaganda meant blaring music and slogans being shouted on […]
Yes! As much as I do not follow sports or enjoy being glued to the TV Sunday evenings, the Superbowl madness took over and K and I sank into our comfortable seats with fleece throws on. Past the halftime show when it did look like the NYG would win, I popped my glasses back on […]
Here I go with my accounts of my first road trip after I moved to the US. In order that its easy for me to classify and type out my experieces, I have divided the account into three parts. 1. The actual places we visited and my impressions of them. 2. The scenery enroute and […]
