Pongal came and went. We made venn pongal and chakkara pongal. I kept imagining that Mom was telling me something or other from the other room. Sigh. We all remembered how we sat together and enjoyed the festival food, vadai and all – last January. What an atmosphere Mom would…
Coffee With Mi
…that it is Sankranti tomorrow. Mom would get so worked up making lists of things to buy – so that we keep the Pongal Paanai on time. Not paanai actually, the pressure cooker substituted for it. So we’d make chakra pongal, venn pongal and prangikka Ired pumpkin) sambar. Well, we…
That’s how I felt all through last week – from the “feedback” I got from my friends. Basically, it all started with that first post at Blogjunta’s Bragbin when I needed to brag about myself. This triggered the idea that I should ask my friends – what they loved about…
This morning my coffee filter acted smart. Just refused to get that decoction out, you know? Ok…it filtered enough for Sury’s coffee and went on a strike after that. I remember Mom used to always say we should go by our filter’s behavior when we view people. She was kidding…
Am not talking of an event. Come to think of it, this is bigger than an event, because an event invariably has a fixed time, while this family affair is a bit of a variable. We are all lovingly sharing a cold, cough, sore throat, very thoughtfully kicked off by…
Obviously I am a Clint Eastwood fan (hey Tanu – I still remember that life-size poster of Clint-E I coveted, which you had on the inside of your wardrobe door). The title just about sums up 2010 for me. And now, I can sum up the title in a four-letter…