I painted every week in September, with the intention set – to create joy. Little did I know then that it would come with side-effects: I started to notice more detail in the ordinary, like the play of light and shadow on the walls and leaves. I could feel my mind quieten, only to be…
Author: Teresa Mattam
An idle mind….
…is the devil’s workshop. We recently uprooted ourselves and moved to a new city. I’m in my mid-thirities and this is the seventh time I’ve gone through this over the course of my life, each time having lived in one place for five years or more. You’d think by now I’d have gotten a hang…
A Glimmering Backwaters Memory
A Happy Memory from December’19 My standard recipe for a trip home with my family looks like this: Wake up at the crack of dawn (read 6:00 am)/ Sip on a cup of hot Bournvita while nibbling on a piece of bread slathered with a thick layer of homemade butter/ Shower and wear my most…