Early lessons in observation and listening from my amateur naturalist grandmother, Nalini.

Today Gudi Padwa is on 13th April 2021. We are likely to go into lockdown again from tomorrow. Here 's a poem offering: Chaitra Twelve months of our lunar year From Chaitra begins our calendar For "chitra" or beautiful For me, nine days of Chaitra navratri Time to build up 'Shakti', strength With small acts of abstinence Tiny bursts of will and won't Of shining spirit within Gudi Padva and Ugadi greetings From Maharashtra and Karnataka Twin states of my birth Cheers to fr

Illustration: Pixabay My taxi driver picks me up from the airport in Sydney on 6th April 2018. I sit in front for the view and chat. Danny is from Malaysia and has lived in Sydney for 33 years. I notice he hobbles, and he says he has knee replacement surgery in two weeks. "I have been to more places in Europe than in Asia", he says. Danny studied at the Royal College of Printing, London. He lived in London and in Frankfurt, where he set up offices for his company, a print maj

‘Beware the Ides of March’ - A Wikipedia reference will yield this – In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March was a term used to denote 15 March. The term is still used in a colloquial sense for centuries afterwards to denote the middle of the month. In modern times, the term is best known because of Julius Caesar assassination on the Ides of March in 44 BC. The term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom. The Ides of March for us began with dismal playing perfo

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