The other day, I was watching the movie, “The Sound of Music”. It is one of my favourite movies and I can watch it over and over again. I love all the songs of course, but one that I particularly relate to is the one Julie Andrews sings when she leaves the convent for the…
Read moreTeaching me to live
Today is teacher’s day and when I think of teachers, what springs to mind is mom holding me with this big book on her lap reading out poems to me. I used to listen, fascinated as I looked at the page, dark blue sky, silver moon, birds flying home, a pony kicking up his heels…
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From the first time I read ‘Little Women’, I was convinced that I was Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Jo’ in some past life. And when I found out that Miss Alcott’s birthday was on the same day as mine, the 29th of November, I was utterly convinced we were part of the same great soul. And…
Read moreA newsletter?
Me? Writing one? OMG! I am feeling so many things all at once! Scared to the pit of my stomach! Yet, somewhere tiny butterflies of excitement flutter. I have always loved writing. It is my “thing”. Something that made me different from others. Something I was good at. Something that took me from being the…
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