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Monday, March 25, 2013

I am about to attend a class on how o write something special for your family.
It must refer to On birth of bomani and salt.

Poetry exercise: As in the salt poem, can you think of a same thing that is different to all.

Sunday, March 24, 2013





Conversions



If you have to make a decision between a recess can and pendant light and f it seems like a now or never decision, you can freeze. But what a relief it is, in those heaps of Lowe's ads lies music with a kit to convert recessed light to hanging pendant
Mailing in the returns to save some money, I had to guess how many stamps would go onto the envelope. I wouldnt have to if I had a postage scale. It requires
ring magnets. Did you see them maintain a distance.  
If you have your tinkering shorts on, here's a book with a persistence of vision clock, dart clock 


Saturday, March 23, 2013




Animalcula young scientists guide has a section on 'The Role of creativity in Science' where the author asks the reader to draw a clown. Recently a friend asked me to draw a dog. He had some mini dog sculptures. but I had to do it without looking at inspiration. As I drew, I knew that the boy wasnt that of a dog but of sheep, but I couldnt draw it otherwise. The author says yes you have to draw to be a real scientist 
Paglum imiitates whats closest to it. A good character for children book. The piece by Seth Fried begins with a list of animals. I wondered why. Now I know. Its fiction.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Integrity




Power. We learn about Marie Curie's invention, but not all of the story.

Robert Hass points out that Adrienne Rich's poems go further than other poets.
internal gaps in Upper Broadway. I go to the next line too fast. By maintaining the gaps, there is a tension between what would have been hacked lines.

'To spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere -
even from a broken web' - Adrienne Rich.

Nature - our hope stash.

My baby puts forward chewed chapathi into my mouth.



Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Party in progress




10 Little Hot dogs


When the book jacket read ten little hot dogs going to sleep.. I started wondering well thats not new.. Ten little monkeys on a bed start rolling out of the bed one by one reducing the count of the ones on the bed. And the answer is: You count up and then down. And each hot dog brings something to the party on the huge plush chair. To make the read more challenging, you can point the colour of things being added to the party. You can then point to similar colour objects in the room or spot the objects in the room. As the whole situation goes on in the same place, the illustration does not get too different from the previous page other than the addition of the hot dogs and the objects they like to play with.
If you like more variations on the animals going to sleep. There's seven Little bunnies by Julie Stiegemeyer.

Seven ways to sleep




Seven little bunnies. They all fall asleep in the end, the same way cozy, dozy, drowsy... but each gets there having tired themselves out with different things. The illustrations are colourful. As each bunny plays different game, the picture changes quite a bit with each bunny falling asleep. Since the book starts with seven bunnies, you can ask the child pointing to the bunnies already asleep, how many are still awake? The rhyme is not quick, that difficulty might make it better for an advanced reader, in which case you can use one bunny's story a day to put your little reader to sleep.
If you are interested in variations of animals going to sleep, there's 10 little hot dogs by John Himmelman.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Super marble




I saw a kid aged eight walk into a party with a book. I half expected it to be 'The Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. I asked him if he knew how to play the game of Marbles. He didnt. I explained what I knew of it. Later I found him reading the book. Asked him for a summary. He told of a competition between Arthur and Grandma. Arthur learnt the game from Grandma but she hasnt taught him all the tricks. Then he asked me to guess who wins. I said grandma and then recalled the title 'Arthur loses his marbles'. 

Why write





Why these famous authors write

You will like this book if you are new to writing or you are intrested in the specificity of
 the authors in this book.

Options




While choosing design options for a home, sections of friends houses say a gourmet kitchen, pendant lights in one house, their neighbour's backyard fan, a desk in the kitchen of a house started falling in mind as jigsaw puzzle pieces.
When I went to a relatives house with same builder, it felt like I had an answer sheet to the question paper.
The non rectangular sink is basic.

After project management, I can understand why changing options is expensive. It is to curtail frequent changes which can derail the projec schedule.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Musings

I like how Japanese and Chinese art with its simple lines can evoke emotions.

What were your favourite toys as kids? Now I like miniature stuff.

Today I heard the chanting of a mouring dove on a pole. The one on the next pole had the same things to say. The me bird in visual.

daily dozen something like Surya namaskara

Daisy wheel printer

Dakhma. Tower of silence.

Damp box - Wow, wipes can stay moist now, even in summer.

Damp dry - When dry clothes are being ironed in India, a splatter of drops through your fingers makes them enough damp dry.

Danaus

Dancing frog

From Kitchen chemistry, Dave Barry might be lost in the kitchen. My husband likes to help me in the kitchen while I am cooking, but I find it so much easier to chop/cook on auto pilot.



Things fall apart

A letter from the Obgyn. Tough times for obgyns. It is hard to imagine the coveted doctors in peril. Changing face of medicine in 2013. They had implemented EHR. 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

That one word

Bibesy is one word, if I had to choose from 20 obsolete english words that should make a comeback. It brings mind to pipasa. An Indian word very close in meaning to it. Dictionary is a cousin of encyclopaedia.

I too was plunged into a Hindi class after I switched schools 2 months after the school year. Until then I was learning two letter words - memorizing them - na la = nal (tap). And then I am in a class where the whole book is full of Hindi words.

One of the poems in Hindi, was about naveenatha (novelty) - like the newness of the life in spring. The trees outside were all grey barks, thin and thick. When noises of that of a rat jumping woke me up, I didnt realise the call of the rain. The leaves new and green heard it, earlier than me.

In high school, we cried to remember the dates of lives of writers and now we search all about them.

How does a teacher feel introducing metaphors to a class. I was all ears for my first idiom (the car) broke down in Bushman lesson.

paryay vachan. Synonyms.

Make your own sentences.

Word from the dictionary: Mafra. into a tweet story

The bat wings firm on the ground - push up stance. Wake up said the librarian. You have work to do. Insects to chew. At the Mafra library.

Start thinking about court as a place to pay, you forget that it is also where judges go.

Why frogs need Magainin.

Write a Magalogue

Magatama, half of the whole. Yin or yang. Looks like a cashew. Regalia of Japan. The other two - sword and mirror. Mirror stood for wisdom. Narcissus should have become Solomon. Mirror test.

Adarsa - mirror - perfect in likeness of reflection. Ideal. Idol. To want to be like them.








Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Heard books




My friend is reading this book and told me of another


I took the easy route and watched it on pbs. String theory bringing all the dimensions in Eschers sketches to screen.

Another




Code to enter

From world literatures travel writing, I stopped at The lonely planet guide to my apartment.

Orientation:

As you enter, watch your step. Thats my show slipping out the door. Generating that tuft of wool is my daughter's favourite time pass. You have 3 degrees of freedom from here, actually four if you havent taken your first step in. To the left for the hungry, straight on for nature calls and the right for company.

What to bring:

If you like movies not available on Netflix bring your favourite DVDS and a DVD player.
Sambhar, if you love it.
Get your own ear buds. We might soon banish them.

When to Go:

Best time, middle of the weekend, if we are not at the library, center of the arts or any other time promised on the phone.

Local Customs:

Baby hurdles. We like to keep you on your toes. So look out for toys.

Health

Dust is retained for vintage. Allergics, Get your SARS cap on.

Society and Culture


Women travellers

Number of avaliable men: 0

Dangers and Annoyances

For the reasons understood to the maintenance team AC in one room aged faster than the rest of the apartment.

Volunteer organizations
Needed helpers for spring cleaning
Vacuum lifters.
Organizers after spring cleaning.


Things to see and do
Check out the ladysfinger, chilli , tomato and eggplants. Few of them are for aesthetic enhancement.
Gallery of found, gifted objects, decorations on the walls.
Rare books from the library sale.


Places to Eat
Indian, Indian with Italian ingredients

Night life
The leaking and hyper flush will be your constant company.

Sports and Outdoor activities:
Laundry, Gardening, sunbathing

Excursions
In few years, baby can give a guided tour of her room

Mule Rental
If you are an infant or a toddler, you can get a rocker or a stroller ride

Wildlife
Chatty hummingbirds, wild cats that have been self potty trained to poop in our backyard.