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Category Archives: personal
Fire
He was caught behind the fire, and I searched desperately for a source of water to douse the heat. I yelled at my husband, and he came running through the flames, both legs still flaming, until he reached carpet and stamped out the flames. By that time, the kitchen was ablaze. I flung open the front door and yelled at the top of my lungs, and my employee, still waiting at the elevator bank, came rushing back in. My husband and I were hanging over the balustrade, 9 floors up, yelling ‘Fire!’ Continue reading
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A Twisted Old Tale I
Capulet saw himself in a robe of softest silk, trailing on the ground behind him. Huge emeralds sparkled at his collar, and his sword shone blue from encrusted diamonds in the hilt. Behind him, in large swathes of movement, a crowd so immense that it stretched beyond the eye could see, the people of the continent roared out a chant of ‘Our Captain, our King’. Continue reading
Babies!
After 3 years of despairing that our cats will ever mate (we forgot to give our tom the manual on how to…), Snickers (multi-tone female persian) finally started waddling around with a litter. Unfortunately, she dropped four kittens at the … Continue reading
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One of my Favourite Poems…
Waiting for the Barbarians What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are to arrive today. Why such inaction in the Senate? Why do the Senators sit and pass no laws? Because the barbarians are to arrive … Continue reading
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Crank Calls or Just Cranks?
It’s 4.19 am on the 9th of April, 2007. My phone just rang, and scrambling out of bed, I ran to see what the emergency was. The voice at the other end says, “hello…. aap mujhse baat karain gi?” (Will … Continue reading
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Daughter of Fortune
‘What matters is what you do in this world, not how you come into it.’ Eliza was found in a soap crate, wrapped in a man’s sweater and placed carefully on the doorstep of the British Import and Export Company. … Continue reading
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Self-aggrandizement
Its been a while since I blogged. But you know that. This is a quick post, just to comment on my previous post (No Shame in Deceit) for which I got a lovely comment from Bryant of Internet Dangers. My … Continue reading
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