A Cooked up Story

Hello Folks!!! Last evening was simply beautiful, with the day fresh from the gentle drizzle and sweet-smelling air loitering into my room, swishing through my hair playfully, creating a sort of music in my ears. It was like beautiful magic, wondrous to behold. It surely was the best time to do some reading and so I settled down with a cup of hot tea and “Whitethorn Woods” by Maeve Binchy. It felt as though it was forever and a day- like how Shakespeare calls it- since I felt the smooth pages of a ‘real’ book, smelt and ran my fingers across the letters as my eyes hopped joyfully from one line to the next. It was as though I was there with the characters, helping them with their busy lives, basking in their joys and languishing in their sorrows. A calm and gentle lady of not more than 52, Ms Hannah Harty offered to bring some steak and kidney pie, and almost instantaneously my head went pop , quickly drawing me into a land far from where I am, and a sudden homesickness clobbered m...

Hello Folks!!! It was yesterday that I completed my exams and now I have all the time in the world to do things that make me happy. So overjoyed that I had finally completed my degree, I couldn’t wait to celebrate. We planned to have a long night filled with movies and chocolates. But just before that, Rule no. 1 - Grab some snacks to binge eat. It was then that my eyes fell on a packet of chocolate chips.   This brought in a rush of memories and scenes of three years ago, when my sister and I were at our native. We stayed at our cousins’ for over a week and had the best time ever. My aunt and uncle were at work so, we were by ourselves at home- the best thing that could ever happen when you are with your cousins, because that’s when you are known by those three very dangerous words- ‘Partners in Crime’. Dancing, singing, playing, cooking, watching movies, staying up late at night… if there was a to-do list of “all things fun to do with your cousins”, we had achieved more than th...