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Tanka Tuesday 26.3.24, Art Diaries : The girl in the yellow dress
This week for the tanka tuesday challenge hosted by Colleen Chesebro, I’m writing a series of tanka. The weather is cool in Dhaka. It’s been raining and we’ve had thunderstorms, lightning and short bursts of rain. I used the kigo word ‘Birds enter clouds’. ‘Tranquil Dawn’ and ‘Holi’ which is the festival of colors celebrated…
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First year anniversary
I woke up feeling different today. I wasn’t sure why but it felt like something had lifted off me leaving me lighter. Since I had no idea why I was feeling the way I was, I decided it was the thunder, lightning and rain we had the previous night that had worked its magic. There…
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Dhaka Diaries : Tanka Tuesday, Art of the week, Thankful Thursday. Happy World Poetry Day!
I wish I had a door to participate in the Thursday Doors Challenge. But I’m afraid I have none. So, instead this post is going to have a little poetry, some conversation, photographs, art and a lot of gratitude. For this week’s Tanka Tuesday challenge, I’m writing a tanka. ‘ A tanka has a 5-7-5-7-7…
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Book Review 06/50 : Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
The book has been lying on my bookshelf since 24.07.2010! That’s what the date on the book followed by my husband’s signature says. Each time I heard him quote from the book, “You need to put in 10,000 hours of work to become an expert at what you do,” I thought, ‘I need to read…
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Sunday Stills: Sunrises and Sunsets
Picture: Mumbai Sunset Terri’s Sunday still challenge this week was to post pictures of sunrises and sunsets. I had to participate. I’m not a great photographer but I love taking pictures. And, since I am a morning person who enjoys watching the sunrise, I have loads of pictures. Fortunately, for me, our living room faces…