White Elephant

In Buddhist Mythology, Māyā and King Suddhodhana did not have children for twenty years into their marriage. According to legend, one full moon night, sleeping in the palace, the queen had a vivid dream. She felt herself being carried away by four devas (spirits) to Lake Anotatta in the Himalayas. After bathing her in the…

Bibi Ka Maqbara

The Bibi Ka Maqbara (Mother’s Tomb) located in Aurangabad, India was built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s son Azam Shah for his mother Dilras Banu Begum (known as Rabia-ud-Daurani). Known as Dakkani Taj Mahal (Taj of the Deccan). The monument was designed and erected by Ata-ullah and Hanspat Rai; Ata-ullah was the son of Ustad Ahmad…

Dead Beat

Life is an endless series of trainwrecks with only brief commercial-like breaks of happiness. This had been the ultimate commercial break. Which meant it was time to return to our regularly scheduled programming. ~Deadpool

Weary Travellers

This has been a very strange year so far. When home is so far from where one dwells, there is so much travelling but you don’t really get anywhere. Torn between responsibilities and the warm relationships you left behind, you just don’t want to be alone… aren’t you alone most part of the year anyway?…

Welcome

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  ~Melody Beattie

Fruity Love

If (s)he’s an apple and you’re an orange,celebrate your differences –make a great fruit salad.Love isn’t about being the same –it’s about being sweet with each other. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Freshly Baked

Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake. ~Hedy Lamarr

Adventure Inc

The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it’s real because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly coloured and it’s very loud and…

Lit Up

“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” ~ Bram Stoker, Dracula

Mermaiden

“I love the Rain because I am a Mermaid who lives too far from the sea” ~ Unknown “She is water, powerful enough to drown you, soft enough to cleanse you, deep enough to heal you” ~ Adrian Michael