Blaugust D31: The End; Vote of Thanks

I did it! 31 continuous days of blogging. Not sure what my all-time longest streak is but this is up there for sure. It's particularly significant because I had all but given up writing itself and was stuck in an extremely difficult living situation to boot. Actually, doing this helped me greatly this past month. …

Blaugust D22: Portrait of a jealous heart

Why not me? This is the form my jealousy always takes. Not why doesn't this happen to me. But why won't they talk to me, give me attention when they do so with others. It's very silly and I realise it but can't help feeling it all the same. Have felt this in varying degrees …

Blaugust D18: Portrait of a broken heart

It's been a weird all-over-the-place kind of day. My cold got considerably worse and had a low grade fever through most of the day. A nap during my lunch hour helped some. And I even managed to cook a little lunch, though it took me until 6.30 to finally eat it because work kept getting …

Blaugust D15: Cowboys and Angels they all dance a waltz for you

Today was major chores checking off day and as always, it was music that helped me through it all. One old favourite stopped me in my tracks yet again and so I want to briefly write about it. If you haven't figured it out from the title already then I can only assume you haven't …

Blaugust D12: Cats!

Keeping with the trend of writing about things I love. Next in the list after movies, music and food are cats! And as luck would have it, I randomly found a kitten where I least expected one. So I came to spend the night at my old makeshift living space (a room behind a doctor's …

Blaugust D11: சோறு முக்கியம் (Food is important)

I've written about my love of food before, but in the context of a couple of movies. Today I want to just write about food and what it means to me. I am deeply passionate about music and the right kind of music moves me profoundly, but it still doesn't have quite the same instant …

Blaugust D10: Siru Ponmani – a song that is love distilled

Another early update because I've had another mad hectic day and am completely beat. First thing that occurred to me to write about was the song I mentioned in yesterday's post as my favourite. It's the song Siru Ponmani Asaiyum from the movie Kallukkul Eeram, composed by Ilaiyaraaja. I must have heard this in passing …

Tribute to a sister spirit – To Agnès Varda

I've fallen in love again. It's happened several times before, and probably will again, but never did I ever imagine it would happen like this. For, you see, I've fallen in love with someone who isn't around anymore. Who is, to put it bluntly, dead. I knew of her, in vague terms, when she was …