The autobiography of a dining table is laid out
From that first stretch of morning light streaming through the bedroom window to the ride in a cab with its smudged, half-rolled down windows to the never-ending rows of office windows. These polygonal holes in the walls surround us as portals to our moods, beliefs, and lives. What are windows? In the beginning, perhaps it […]
Closing our eyes and trying to remember the most beautiful spaces we have been in – favorite beach, watching the night lights moving past the car’s windshield, lying under a Christmas tree, watching the flickering fairy lights. beauty of these spaces creates the common thread of joy. Our joy, happiness depends upon this beauty and […]
‘Fat white rice’ The long, drawn sigh was covered up by the sound of the gurgling toilet flush. It came out spontaneously, having no name attached, yet clung on to it was a definitive trail of melancholy. Rubbing hands in the apron, she came out, banging the door behind her. Despondency hung around her, rivaling […]
I roll out of bed. Bleary-eyed and subdued, I stumble towards the kettle. Tea or coffee –depending on how heavily caffeinated I need to be – is the first point of call. Bitterness in cups, sweetness in relief, intoxicating in the ritual. Then, once the brew has made its way to my stomach, food calls, […]
