My Reading Shelfie – Dec 2015
And then there’s one more – a pdf book. Two history books, one engaging story about a great personal victory and one with invaluable life lessons intertwined with mythology. It’s… Read more »
Author Archives: mixedbag
3 year olds are A**holes by Sarah Fader
Just when I had decided that terrible twos were a real thing, turns out three is just as bad! Last week, M, my almost 2.5- year old rubbed a whole… Read more »
Guest Trip Journal – Galway, Ireland
Today is a special day. A guest post on my blog for the very first time. After days of nagging and holding a gun to his forehead (of course I’m… Read more »
The Monterey Bay Aquarium – A celebration of life underwater
I must have been a mermaid or probably a fish in my last birth. I am drawn to water bodies, the sea in particular, like a metal to magnet. I… Read more »
Savory Palmiers
This message goes out to my dear parents who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this week. 40 years of love, understanding and working in perfect tandem with each other… Read more »
Crackalackin’ Canada – Victoria and Vancouver
Please don’t blame me for that cheesy title. It’s just that my toddler M, loves Madagascar (the movie) and I’ve had to watch it so many times that I’ve started… Read more »
The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark
“Death steals everything but our stories”. The Sandalwood Tree begins with this quote from one of its main characters, Adela Winfield, a ‘memsahib’ living in India in 1857. It’s her… Read more »
Happy Diwali!
If there’s one time of the year when I terribly miss India, it is during Diwali. But this year, India came to me! My parents are here for the most… Read more »
Petite Vanilla Bean Scones
Growing up, my sister and I would frequent a second hand bookstore, where we would spend hours looking for ‘Famous Five’ books by Enid Blyton. The series is about the… Read more »
I don’t want to go to School!
The last couple of months have been a difficult time for my toddler, M and me. She started preschool in September and for the first time in her teeny-tiny life,… Read more »