The Big Wind…

The Big Wind…

I didn’t write anything for my regular Writers Group tonight.. and the reason is…. Tonight I was mopping up after a cyclone.. “where?.. what?.. a cyclone.. what are you talking about – the storm was last week and it wasn’t even that bad?” No .. a cyclone.. and...
Lessons from my Golden Orb

Lessons from my Golden Orb

Her eyes followed the butterfly as it passed from flower to flower – and as it fluttered and dipped and rose in the morning sunlight, it took her soul and lifted it to the sun and she found lightness and joy in the swoop of its fluttering wings.What heaviness...
The rains…

The rains…

The heat is intense. She is flat on her back – the fan is on 3 .. whirring and clattering a little as it labours its way around its age. Stretched out on the striped floor mat, her sari loosened for the night – she cluthces a damp cloth in her hand used to...