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It depends on how you see things
I see little things. M. Night might be from my neck of the woods but, I do intentionally mean every word when I say I see little things. I have Anisometropia, which means my one eye is long sighted while the other is short sighted. This refractive error should have been corrected in early childhood…
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Burgerbar and galvanting around Sarphati Park
What lovely summer weather we finally have here in Amsterdam. Aside: We went to the Bangkok restaurant near Rembrandtplein for a meal and I forgot to take food pictures, don’t blame me, blame this decadent weather that tosses all care to the wind. I guess I will just have to go their again, eat again,…
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Getting the Cooking Mojo Back
In the busy schedule I have had over the last year (or so) I had completely forgotten how much I enjoy cooking. I have been growing my own chilies, the lemon plants are thriving, and it feels oddly satisfying to use home-grown ingredients in the dishes we serve and eat. Thus, to share my reinvigorated…
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How beautiful…
Follow the 100-day watercolor project of India-based artist Soo Nathan. via 100 Days of Watercolor: Artist Soo Nathan Aims to Conquer a New Medium — Discover
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‘the PhD experience’
Originally posted on patter: Patter is currently on two weeks annual leave. (Faint sounds of cheering.) So the?next four posts are reprints of some other?writing that might be of interest to Patter readers.?This is the?foreword I wrote to a new anthology of Australian doctoral researcher stories – Postgraduate study in Australia: surviving and succeeding.?It’s edited…
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Dinner at Mama Makan
We had dinner at Mama Makan. Though for Hindi speakers it sounds like Mama’s house, in Indonesian it means Mama’s Food. The concept is that you are at Mama’s kicthen, sitting on the table, with mismatched yet charming plates, old quaint cutlery that is heavy and solid like Mama’s love (I suppose), and Mama brings out…
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Colors of Spring
Pictures taken by me
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Day out in Lisse
When you have a sunny day like today you do not need edits or filters. Apart from the Keukenhof gardens, the fields in Lisse are where you can observe Netherlands’ horticulture in all its glory. Fed on the romantic images of Silsila somehow these fields manage to inspire me year after year. There is something…
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Space, a ghazal in the making
Aged five, an early memory, Rakesh Sharma travelling in space Mrs. Gandhi, he said, India appears best in the world, unravelling in space When I go back home, the Mango tree has shrunk The courtyard looks smaller, what is this diminishing space My sister pretty like a flower, a gentle soul She ended her relationship,…
