(Photo Credit: Crispina Kemp) He was not taken to either reciting hymns or repeating incantations. His Gods resided between millions of pages in the thousands of books possessed by him. Manifesting in the myriad musty smells wafting out of the pages as he turned them over incessantly. If he possessed a deified list, on top … Continue reading On a Wing and A Prayer
Month: May 2019
Berezina – Sylvain Tesson
Mr. Sylvain Tesson elucidates to the uninitiated the deeper and transcendental meaning of the word “Doing a Berezina” in the French. Usually denoting an astonishingly unfortunate piece of event fro which a protagonist just about evades the inevitable, the phrase usually means: “We made it by a whisker guys, we felt if fly right by … Continue reading Berezina – Sylvain Tesson
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through The Madness Industry – Jon Ronson
Traipsing around the globe trying to discern psychopaths and psychopathic tendencies might not qualify as either an absorbing hobby or a way of life, unless, one happens to be either a psychopath or a psychiatrist hunting the former – and his clan – down. Yet, best-selling author Jon Ronson does precisely that. The outcome of … Continue reading The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through The Madness Industry – Jon Ronson
The Ash Portal
(Image Credit: Inga Gezalian on Unsplash) It was on a lazy summer Sunday that they found the portal. Yes, a portal. Having dined on some scrumptious fare at a quaint restaurant renowned for its pure South Indian vegetarian fare, Ash and Venky retreated to the Garden of Blaise. Supposed to be named the Garden of Bliss, the … Continue reading The Ash Portal
Ash – The Dubliner
(Photo Credit: Terri Smeigh) It was her first day in Dublin and she was famished. The bloody flight was delayed by 3 hours’ courtesy a technical snag. ‘Technical snag’ – the refuge behind which every airline seeks to take cover to mollify angry and frustrated passengers. And in so far as Ash was concerned, it … Continue reading Ash – The Dubliner
The Lazy Wait for Digestion – Food Court Rules to enforce Civility
(Image Credit: Wikipedia Commons) This afternoon our team decided to lunch at a Food Court famous for its Chinese delicacies. While we anticipated that there would be a long wait and were ready for it, what we were not prepared for was a shockingly inconsiderate and insensitive attitude shamelessly displayed by diners who had preceded … Continue reading The Lazy Wait for Digestion – Food Court Rules to enforce Civility
The Ash Sign
“Are you a water bearer?” Ash startled Venky one midsummer day “Huh?” Venky was trying hard for something to say “I am a Sagittarius and what’s your Zodiac” she with a beatific smile “Just waiting for YOUR SIGN” he thought – “all the while!” (Word Count: 43) Courtesy of Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt#106
Mother Nature and Hell Boy
(Photo Credit: Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash) The dry wood satiated the raging appetite of the fire as the flames leapt higher and higher. The crackling sound as the firewood snapped was as crystal clear and resonating as a pistol shot. A menacingly howling wind exacerbated the calamity further as the whistling force spread the orange glow … Continue reading Mother Nature and Hell Boy
The Bee Keeper of Sinjar – Dunya Mikhail
Nadia Murad was a 19-year-old going about her life with a prosaic bent of mind when fighters from the Islamic State rounded up the Yazidi community in her village of Kocho in Sinjar District, Iraq. What followed was a tale of indescribable horror and dread. Exterminating close to 600 residents of the village, the rabid … Continue reading The Bee Keeper of Sinjar – Dunya Mikhail
Walmart: Diary of An Associate – Hugo Meunier (Translated by Mary Foster)
Hugo Meunier informs us that he is an ‘immersion journalist.’ This means – more or less – that in the event you are either a celebrity and/or a celebrity who is getting married, watch out for a mobile toting serious faced, tuxedoed individual (in this case, a man) who is not only trying his best … Continue reading Walmart: Diary of An Associate – Hugo Meunier (Translated by Mary Foster)