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from Susan Narjala
When God Gives You a Shovel
This morning my husband called about an hour after he’d left home for work.
Did he miss me already? Did he want to whisper sweet nothings over the phone?
Ha! After 10 years of marriage I knew better.
“Hey! What’s up?” I ask.
“I’m coming back home,” he says.
Wow, he really did miss me.
Or not.
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Just One Word
Here’s something you don’t hear very often: I absolutely love New Year resolutions. I probably shouldn’t anymore – I’ve crashed and burned with my eat right, get organised, read the Bible every morning, get off Facebook, listen more, be patient with the kids, haul derriere to the gym resolutions more often than I care to ...
Buffering…Buffering…Download Complete
It’s been almost six months since the first phase of the Indian Installation and I’m happy to report that our progress bar is now at 100%.
When we first returned to India, we experienced what many call Reverse Culture Shock. Six months hence we know that standing in line for anything is a solid waste of ...
What Lurks Within (+ Shameless Marketing Drive)
The contents of a woman's purse - a black hole, an impenetrable mystery to man. Very few actually know what lurks in the deep, dark crevices of their handbags. Even fewer want to find out.
But, today, I plan to reveal the contents of my handbag to the world. Fine, if I had to be literal: to ...
Blunder-Proof Interviews
Re-posting an article from a lifetime ago - twelve years, to be precise! I wrote it for Sulekha, a website for the Asian American community. In retrospect, I should have edited about 150 words and tightened the copy, but I'm sure my 20-something self believed she nailed it with her first draft. (Also, my apologies for the guy bashing ...
How to Redeem Your Grocery Goof-Up
Twenty one cucumbers stare at me from the kitchen counter. One disappears and then there are twenty.
No, this isn’t the start of an obscure nursery rhyme designed to teach kids to count backwards.
It’s just the result of my online grocery shopping gone a wee bit wrong. Yeah, I’m not entirely sure how I ended up ...
10 Ways You Know It’s Raining in Bangalore (Other than the fact that it’s raining)
Photo credit: The hubbers
It’s been a while since we dealt with the monsoons in India. At first, it felt idyllic. I took pretty pictures of raindrops glistening on flowers on our terrace. I breathed in the earthy, first-rain smell that Indian authors love to describe in mind-numbing detail.
All that excitement lasted about a grand ...
I was “that” mom today…
Kids packed off to school.
Coffee down.
Time to unload the dishwasher.
It's then I see it. A mason jar. Not just any old mason jar - the jar that was supposed to hold the plant that Sonny boy was supposed to take with him to school on Monday morning.
Except today is Monday morning. And the jar is looking up ...
Easy Recipe for Chocolate-Hazelnut Pops
I can't wait to share this recipe with you. It's made entertaining a breeze. It's made my days so much sweeter. And, the best part is, it's fairly simple.
Here goes:
Utensils
5-6 Tablespoons
Coffee mug
Ingredients
Nutella - 1 jar
Method:
Open jar of Nutella. Preferably do so out the line of sight of your little peeps. (In fact, you'll find the ...
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