I’m still alive.* I’m visiting my parents in Illinois and I wrote down a recipe that I’m never going to use because it involves deep frying and that’s scary. But maybe you’ll use it. And I still like the idea of knowing theoretically how to make it. Dahee is just yogurt in Hindi. I don’t… Read More »
Nanowrimo is over. How’d you do? I wrote 28,000 words, which is not an entire book, but it’s more than half a book and I’m going to keep writing until I create something I don’t hate. Fiction is hard. Papillon by Henri Charriere Autobiography of a French guy sent to prison on the northern coast of South… Read More »
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason So boring. Spend less than you earn. Invest the difference. Learn to money. Blah blah blah. You know all this stuff already. The writing was painful and I don’t understand why everyone likes this book. Invisible Countries: Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood by Joshua Keating The author… Read More »
Every single self-help book that I’ve ever read recommends meditation. Oh, I guess mine doesn’t. Dammit. But anyway, I finally took everyone’s advice a couple of months ago and started meditating daily for 24 minutes. Yeah, 24 minutes is an odd amount of time, but I read that suggestion in a book and the number spoke… Read More »
Confession you already know: I haven’t paid much mind to the news for the last two years. Reality is scary. We live in a terrifying place full of horrible people doing awful things and a universe governed by chance that doesn’t know me from a rock from an electron from Ursa Major. I don’t like spending my time in… Read More »
Have you heard of National Novel Writing Month? The idea is to write a 50,000-word book in the thirty days of November. You do it as the same time as a bunch of people to give yourself some accountability. That’s the National bit of the title. The resultant novel doesn’t have to win an Oscar.… Read More »
Ever notice that you can fly through a 500-page fiction novel in two days, but it can take over a month to read a 200-page nonfiction novel? Fiction is easy because you don’t take a lot of notes and can just enjoy the story. Maybe that approach is why I can’t write fiction. Thanks for… Read More »
Indian weddings are a merry affair. At least in my family. Everyone flies in from everywhere and we create a giant reunion with food and activity and laughter that lasts for more than a few days. They’re pretty fun. In August 2018, I went to the wedding of a close cousin. On the final day… Read More »
Book reviews! Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment by Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks This book explains how to have a happy, healthy relationship with yourself and others. The authors explain that co-dependency is bad, but co-commitment (a word they just made up) is good. People in a codependent relationship limit each other’s potential by helping… Read More »
For the last ten months, I’ve been experimenting with workout and diet to try to chisel out six abdominal muscles that I could then photograph and you could then admire. I’d put it on the Instagram and watch the little red hearts patter in. 52 likes! That’s a record! This is happiness, right? To that… Read More »