Falling Star

Time: around 6 pm Date: 25 September Place: Centrepoint, Al Khuwair Nothing significant about the date, time or the venue, but on that day, around that time at Centrepoint, something tugged my journalism roots. Read that as someone – some … Continue reading →

Berry is dead. She died sometime during the night. Her stiffened body was found by Danny this morning. She must have breathed her last on the slide in her new home. The plush new cage, equipped with slide and a … Continue reading →

It was June 1995. Muscat was blistering with temperatures hovering around 50. Not that I remember accurately, but then June and peak temperatures have always been the best of partners.  I’d heard about Salalah and its Eden-like features and well, wanting a slice of that bounty … Continue reading →

I keyed the title around 2.30 this noon, after my little one almost broke down seeing Bullet’s scary state. She and her brothers had just returned sweaty and tired from the school and finding Bullet still in his wrinkled, shivery state … Continue reading →

a day ago it was a gaping crater; today it is a serene line. hardly a whimper Saw the above in a saved draft folder dated May 31, 2011.  And well, that got me thinking - when you are alone and staring at … Continue reading →

I am not in the right frame of mind or mood to talk about my escapades in the kitchen or the recent experiment with apples as I pound my keyboard, but i have to put this out of my way … Continue reading →

There are several thought-trains chugging through the winding tracks of my cerebellum. Each screeching, hooting and doing its routine chug-chugging all through the day and even nights in between the REM and duh-what-woke-me-up moments in the dark. There’s a somber … Continue reading →

On April 1 2011, I metamorphosed from a full time career woman to a freelancer – a work-from-home Mama. Why did I do it? Contrary to what a few have tut-tutted and wondered, no, I didnt lose my job. The … Continue reading →

Freelancer, thats me.