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25 Words
Every year since 2001, I’ve summarised my year in exactly 25 words. Here is how I saw 2018:A contented year at home with Tod. Got fat, got happy. Played with friends in the beauty of nature. Earned enough, laughed enough. Pleasingly present. And all the 25 Word entries I’ve written since 2001:2017Be careful what you…
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Light 2019
Since 2009, I’ve selected a theme to guide my year. Sometime, these words come straight to me like a shot. Other years I’ve dug around in lexical books to find the right one. This year I’m not sure why, but I selected LIGHT. To be honest, I was a little bit fearful about choosing a…
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Tink’s many jobs
Months ago in Bangalore, my friend and colleague, Karthik, asked me about what sorts of jobs I’ve had. I started recounting them. it was a fun exercise in memory and I recalled all sorts of work adventures. I was sure I didn’t remember everything so after our conversation, I made a list. It started out…
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25 Words
Be careful what you wish for. First Italy, Vietnam, and China with Rob then triangulations among Kamogawa, Bangalore, and Ephrata. Always home and always homeless. And all the 25 Word entries I’ve written since 2001: 2016 Half century joys: circus successes; drawing again; driver’s license; warm neighbors; loving husband. Sorrows: multiverse branched and Zoupi vanished;…
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Be 2018
My guiding theme for 2018 will be Be. It wasn’t my first choice. I had a different word in mind this autumn and I thought it was just right, but I didn’t write it down and I forgot it. Mustn’t have been as compelling as I imagined. Yesterday, I started over by browsing through the…
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Barely here (or there) all year.
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]I have written almost nothing here this year. It’s a pity because it’s been a tumultuous year full of adventures, love, fear and sorrow. I’m going to recap so that years from now I have the sequence of events right. It’s already a little hazy. January I bought a…
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Happy 2017
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25 Words
Half century joys: circus successes; drawing again; driver’s license; warm neighbors; loving husband. Sorrows: multiverse branched and Zoupi vanished; my heart broke; mould ruined everything. And all the 25 Word entries I’ve written since 2001: 2015 A new era began with Japanese eijuuken and freedom to do anything! We quit Tokyo for rural Chiba. Now…
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Open 2017
My guiding theme for 2017 will be Open. Some years, choosing the theme word for the year involves a lot of thesaurus consulting, debating and mind-changing. But this year it came to me in a flash and I haven’t considered anything else. Open is just right: honest, undecided, unobstructed, obvious, objective. I may find myself…
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Evolution of Christmas Spirit
This year end has been hectic and stressful with driving school, health issues, a broken fridge, blah, blah, blah. I was not feeling the usual “I hate Christmas’ mood this year as much as I was completely indifferent and almost ignorant of the holiday coming up. Boxes arrived from family overseas. I stacked them up.…
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