Chile Wouldn’t Let Me in and Bolivia Wouldn’t Take Me Back. But I didn’t panic. — My cheeky Canadian friend Alison walked towards me from the immigration counter at the Bolivia-Chile border in San Pedro de Atacama. Fanning herself with the green Chile tourist card that boasted her free entry into Chile for ninety-days, she smiled. Now it was my turn. The young immigration officer looked…

Why and How to Keep Things in Order. — Let me tell you a story. “He Sleeps in a Storm” from a sermon by Rabbi Albert Lewis, 1975, as read in “Have a Little Faith” (page 93) by Mitch Albom. A man seeks employment on a farm. He hands his letter of recommendation to his new employer. …

Sometimes — I woke up feeling low-spirited today morning. As my 7:10 am alarm rang, I extended my arm and fumbled for my phone on the floor, where it lays at night. I switched off the alarm. Then I pulled my arm inside my white duvet again and closed my eyes. …

Acts of Kindness/Sharing Happiness — Though we all want to make someone happy or smile, we get so caught up in our work and lives and that we don’t bother to be any nicer or do beyond what is expected of us. I am no different and I openly talk about how my husband and…

The Beginning of the Lockdown, Bengaluru, India — Hello Friends, How have you been? Dictionary.com tells me that a virus means an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host. …

Read This. — What to Do When You Don’t Want to Work? I have put my computer aside more than once to cry over an unjust email or to get my fair share in a fight with my partner or another close friend. I have had bad days. I have sometimes taken off on those hard days. Instead of writing, I went…

My Top Travel Writing Secrets That I Probably Shouldn’t Share. — I have been writing about travel for close to two years now. When I started my blog, I wrote on personal growth and life inspiration. But because I travel a lot and enjoy writing about nature, people, and experiences, I began writing travel articles, too. When I first ventured into…

Creative Routine and Rituals to follow — A creative routine is a topic that could expand to be as large and to shrink to be as small as you like, a bit like being able to sleep. While some people can’t focus until they have meandered around for hours and finally give in to guilt, others sit…