My Personal Favorites
My personal favorites from all the posts I’ve written. Maybe, you’ll like them, too!
This is sorted in ascending order, which means that #15 at the bottom is Most Favorite.
(An opinion not shared by 99.62481% of those in the age group 12-79, who have read it. But who cares about them? I love it for the ease with which it came flowing out, it’s caustic tone and the use of musical references.)
1. The Big O and I
This is a tribute to the people I married into, their language and my lack of skills in it.
2. Deep Blue Ripples in the Tissues of Your Mind
A nostalgic review of a time long gone.
3. I am? I do?
An introspective essay digging into who I am.
4. Roti Shapes and the Brain
Driven by a question in an online forum, this “scholarly” article explore the relationships between the shape of rotis and the brain.
5. Prohibition & Aristocrat
A blast from a past life, that um yeah…
6. Banana Bread
A recipe for the times! Much read, enjoyed and the end-product has been eaten with pleasure.
7. Shameless Flamboyance
An essay triggered by a first time readers review of the literary style on display here.
8. Impending Autumn
One of the most read pieces on this site, this poem has been reblogged and shared by strangers… (yep!)
9. 10.10.1985
A parent’s death is never easy, especially as you think about your life in later years.
10. The Coconut Oil Chaperone
A tale of a bad, very bad, date.
12. Kebabs – Chicken
Probably the most read recipe, the one that made me famous.
13. How to Write a Novel
Probably the MOST READ essay here, it chronicles the struggle and lays out the method.
14. The Coffee Post 1
A tale of coffee, trials and tribulations.
15. The Chemistry of Love
Or how I Met the Mother of My Children.
16. The State of Affairs
A caustic article written one wintry evening in despair at the state of the world.
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