Invasion Of Caelifera! I felt another presence nearby and glanced out of the window this morning. I was pleasantly surprised to see a parrot inquiringly looking at me, with its head turned to a side. It stared at me a few moments longer, and then uttered an agitated squawk and took off, flapping its wings. [...]
Gossip! I live in a most interesting neighbourhood. I’m surrounded by many and varied humans, animals, birds and insects. The humans keep our household staff entertained. These happenings are reported to me and although I tell them to mind their own business, it’s hilarious listening on a dull day. We have a trishaw owner/driver who [...]
That Jazz Well, what do you know, Brad Pitt uses a cane to walk these days, after a knee injury. So, people who asked me to throw my cane away, take heed, I am quite a la mode! Not that I would advise anyone to blindly follow these celebrities, some of them are quite crazy, [...]
Animal Planet The very first living being I laid eyes on for the New Year was my little dog. I was watching a movie and suddenly it was midnight and the loud explosions of fireworks started. He is awfully scared of these amplified bursts of sound and must have fled indoors from his cosy kennel [...]
Happy New Year! “Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring out the false, ring in the true!” – Lord Alfred Tennyson The New Year has raced up on me before I could catch my breath after the Christmas whirlwind rush. I just managed to wade through the gift wrapping for the people I [...]
A Lighter Christmas Everyone’s dashing around frantically trying to get everything done by Christmas Day. Except me of course, it’s more like a purposeful plod. There’s a jingle on the radio which goes, “ I’ll be dashing through the stores with my credit card.” I think you should stick to what you can afford. After [...]
It’s Christmas Time I’ve decked the halls, put up the tree and adorned it, connected the fairy lights, but wait…..something’s still missing. Ah yes, of course, the gifts under the tree. Well, I’ve bought the wrapping paper, ribbons, tape and tags – that’s a start, isn’t it? So I have to first write down my [...]
Witty Wordplay Those that have a love for words and plays on words are known as lexiphiles. One has to be intelligent to coin one of these sayings or even understand it. These saying are witty and you can have a good laugh over some of them. 1. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is [...]
Champagne and Dazzle Yesterday I attended a very chic event and it made me realise that I hadn’t been to a big organised function for about three years. Looking around, I was quite dazzled. My goodness, we certainly are a good looking nation of people! Really gorgeous, fabulously dressed women stood around. One would think [...]
Mango Memories Oh, yum! I just ate the most delicious mango. The fruit seller told me it was from Jaffna, and I do believe him. I hope we’ll find more of these in future. And don’t tell me the canned ones are available, because we all know there’s nothing like a fresh, sweet and juicy [...]
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