Rosie and miracles
The bluebells and crocuses are making a tentative appearance and so are the remaining daffodils which escaped the Siberian snowfall. The cherry blossoms are starting to brighten up the sleepy Continue Reading →
Category: Other stories
Kottarakara Ganapathi temple
The Kottarakara temple pond looks still from a distance. Part of the surface is covered with lotus leaves but there are no flowers. As I peer down the side of Continue Reading →
School autograph
Today is the only completely free day I have. I am planning to laze around all day. When I am here, I hardly lift a finger and make the most Continue Reading →
Travelling home
My flight is at 1340 and yet I book the taxi for 730. I ask the lady on the telephone how long it will take the taxi in this weather Continue Reading →
First day of Spring
The Siberian weather continues to wreak havoc. We were spared yesterday unlike those living in Kent and Sussex. It didn’t last long. The snow spread from the east and covered Continue Reading →
Beast from the east
The arctic weather is here with a vengeance. I stand corrected, it is not actually from the Arctic but from Russia, and according to the forecast it is going to Continue Reading →
Shopping with Lakshmi
Our first clothes shopping trip ‘Peppa,Peppa’, Lakshmi trills as she checks to see if I am awake. This is followed by ‘George, drum’. She mimics George’s drum rolling movement followed Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s day out
The sun’s ray catches the water surface and the lake shimmers in the distance. I drive past it every Thursday and yet this is the first time I have noticed Continue Reading →
Pizza experience
It is seven in the morning. If I’m lucky I will get an hour to read the papers before Lakshmi wakes up. She’s had a fitful sleep waking up at Continue Reading →
Hilda’s funeral
A bitterly cold day, but the sun is out. I didn’t expect anything less. It is the day we are finally saying goodbye to Hilda. A woodpecker is happily pecking Continue Reading →
