Hope & Defiance Owning a small business and seeing what my fellow makers and farmers do each week, month and year; fills me with pride in each of our resilience. For starting something from nothing, is just like sowing the seeds each spring with the hope of something to emerge. Each day my compatriots take […]
Chronicles
Secret Life of Nimu
– A story of grief, healing and hope. The essay traces a woman’s trip to her hometown after the death of her husband. The traditions that aid the process of grieving and a daughter’s realization about her mother’s resilience and watching her claim herself back. “She has a pacemaker, you cannot take her through the […]
Promises – A Poem
April is poetry month, let’s end the month’s last weekend with a promise for more. Spring has always been depicted in art as the season of hope, renewal, fecundity, joy and promises. Each season only reminds us that we’re a microcosm of that what’s unfolding on a much larger scale. Promises Six o’clock sun on […]
Prismatic Memory
“I’ll clean up Papa’s medical files this afternoon.” I informed Mummy one morning a couple of weeks after he’d passed this summer. It was more of a directive to myself to get the task done. “Thanks, I don’t know if we need all the records, you see what’s best.” She responded timidly. Belying her strength […]
It’s Not Just Hair
“Papa, hurry up, we’ll be late!” I coaxed him along catching his eye in the mirror trying to rush him to his 80th birthday celebration. “Coming, coming.” Came an exasperated answer from my pant-less father battling his soft downy hair at the crown of his head. He had always looked impeccable, an old-world elegance that […]
Portrait of Courage
“Could you scan the Gandhi sketch for me so I can make a copy?” I asked my sister Shaila with a sense of nostalgia standing in front of the signed sketch dating back almost 70 years. “I’ll have to make sure the paper is not too fragile and if I can remove it from the […]
Time Lapse – A Poem
Be the tree Stand tall Be the sun Rise impartial Be the day In possibilities Be in-spite To inspire Be the year In each day
Silence at the Audubon
The last few weeks have been hellacious as we read the news. To counteract that I tend to seek out solace in nature. A couple of weekends ago, I ended up at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, North of Boston. Those couple of hours just being, reassured me of our humanity, even though it may […]
Framing the Truth
When I read a few weeks ago that the esteemed photojournalist Steve McCurry whose work has been seen in National Geographic for decades was caught enhancing his pictures with Photoshop; this seemed significant but I did not know how much outrage I should be feeling. Fundamentally it seemed wrong. Most everyone learns how to discern […]
Sunset in Spring
In early Spring 2013, I was hankering to try out my new lens before an upcoming trip. It was an upgrade from the kit lens I’d been using for almost five years. The Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 HSM lens allowed me to go wider and also at f/2.8 was great for low light experimentation. And where […]
