I love to write. Stories, letters, thoughts, dreams, poems. It doesn’t matter to me if no one ever reads what I write. The simple act of putting words into a notebook fills me with a strange kind of calm. But most of all, I love writing poems. I started writing poems when I was thirteen…
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This blog post was written in response to the prompt in Write Bravely – March 2026 Week 2. Spring Cleaning, emotionally and mentally It is spring time. In India, it doesn’t create such a hullabaloo as in the west. There is no spring cleaning, maybe because for the most part our winters are not wet…
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The prompt for the first week of March, 2026 in our Write Bravely group hosted by Corinne Rodrigues was: Turning Towards Spring. Spring calls forth new life, new plans, a cleansing of both homes and hearts what with spring cleaning happening and deep ponderings during the season of Lent, pulling us towards Easter. This is…
Read moreAnything worth doing is worth doing badly.
Today I wrote my morning pages after a long time… 13 days. I’m still feeling a bit uncomfortable about this, though. I mean, it fits into my day in one way, and it doesn’t in another. I like writing the pages. It makes me feel good. I want to write the pages, but I want…
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