On a bird conversation, my birder friend Edge from St Louissaid ( Read more... )

My trusty sewing machine. Bought in Muscat in 1996, and (touch wood) still going strong.


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Some years ago, I went to a birding friend's wedding, all decked up, and he looked right through me, never having seen me in anything but my birding outfit. So I went up to him, and said, " Hey...it's me...Deepa!" He did a double take, and, in front of his new bride and a stage full of family and friends, exclaimed, "Oh! You are wearing CLOTHES!" ( Read more... )

That old, almost-falling-to-pieces kaftan...slipping into it, when the day is done, is like nestling in the arms of one's mother, a gentle lover....or the lap of the Almighty. The kaftan accepts my bumps and bulges; it comforts my bruised and cut skin; it welcomes me home. So...if I open the door to you in a tatty piece of attire,remember...I am ( Read more... )

I buy a certain brand of bra, which has adjustible straps, and a plastic doohickey to connect the bra to the strap.

I wore my newest one, and got the feeling that there were pins in the bra. (No laughing,folks, that's REALLY what I felt.)

So I took it off and inspected the bra carefully, and

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Terraces....I look at the houses around me in St.Louis, and this is one feature I miss...all these houses have sloping roofs, so that the occasional snow can slide off. However, in India, most houses and apartment buildings are topped by flat terraces, which have multiple uses, and which add to the rich texture of life in my country ( Read more... )

shortindiangirl asked itsalouwelylife to get GD some baby underwear. She called back, saying that baby underwear tends to have....er... crappy messages on it ( Read more... )

When I take D and GD, and all 3 generations of us women go promenading in Luz, Mylapore, what do you think catches our eye?


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I've shown you tees for autism


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