Category: NaBloPoMo
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Smiling faces and warm thoughts
Today’s prompt over at NaBloPoMo: What is the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of your father? His smile. Always. My father had a very pleasant smile. One that would stretch from ear to ear if he was in a particularly genial mood. Sometimes he would scrunch up his nose with…
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Time will set you free
Today’s writing prompt over at NaBloPoMo is “Define Freedom” The word freedom in my conjures up images of an azure sky dotted with fluffy clouds and a feeling of lightness. I associate freedom with flight. The ability to soar at an altitude and experience a kind of freedom that only being removed from everything familiar…
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But I go on for ever
What is your favorite poem? (And if you don’t have one, why?) I love ‘The Brook’ by Alfred Tennyson. I remember reading this as a child and imagining a merry brook bubbling and flowing. As I grew older, the brook came to represent a good many things. Sometimes it philosophized to me. Sometimes it conjured…
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When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
News Anchor. Growing up I devoured books. I loved to read. Anything. Could be a novel or the newspaper or the paper packet in which parcel idlis came in. Words fascinated me. Still does though not the way it used to. The side effect of reading so much was that I had an intuitive feel…
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NaBloPoMo?
Well! I saw Preeti had this post up on her blog and I sure was in need for inspiration. So, in a moment of insanity decided to attempt the NaBloPoMo. 🙂 So, what that means is that I am going to try and post every single day. Yes, you heard that right. Every single day…