Hand over fist. What?

January 14, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I have never heard of the phrase “hand over fist[1].” My husband used it recently. When he did, I instantly got this image of my hand going over my fist like a contortionist. I couldn’t help but laugh and then questioned him how this could possibly be relevant to losing or making huge amounts of […]

Top ten tips or takeaways. Aiyoh, none

January 7, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I have a blog. It’s been online for a few months now. My blog, Golly Molly Aiyoh is one of 342 million registered domain names, as at the third quarter of 2018[1]. I post once a week, on Mondays, and when I do, my post is amongst over 4 million blog posts that are published […]

A 3-in-1 resolution

December 31, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

I am one for resolutions. Every year, I make resolutions. I like making them because it encourages me to think. Yes, just think of what I’d like to do better or different in the new year, never mind that I forget some and ignore others. Still, I enjoy the thinking and the listing, and hopefully, […]

Pooh

December 3, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

I was given three movies to choose from. Gold, Christopher Robin and Juliet, Naked; in that order. I picked Christopher Robin. My husband immediately said that he knew I would. Too right, he was. Never hurts to watch a fantasy feel-good movie with stuffed animals that talk and have adorable names, especially on a rainy […]

French

October 29, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

I like the way French sounds to my ears. Almost musical with the right intonations. If I could feel the French language, I would say it would be like a bed of pillowy soft marshmallows. I don’t speak French. I wish I could. My Indian tongue gets twisted and I mangle the words. Whatever words I […]

Sayings and all sorts…

May 27, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Sayings are a bunch of words that resonate; a collection of words that is obvious, but not obvious enough until you read them and then have a ‘aha’ moment.

Ban mobile phones

May 23, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

What is it about people and mobile phones? Some speak loudly on their mobile phones. Some watch and listen on their mobile phones at deafening volumes infringing the public air space. Noisy voices, screams and laughter emanating from reactions to movies, serials or news on mobile phones is disruptive and annoying. Should there be laws, […]

Self-censorship of a kind

May 23, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Kids say the darndest things. They say what they want, when they want, to whom they want, and pretty much get away with it. In fact, we excuse them because they are kids. And, we defend them because we believe they don’t really know or understand what they are saying, which is true, most of […]

Forever friends

December 7, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

When we meet up we chat and laugh as if time has stood still. There is an easy comfort. No airs, no pretensions. Babbling away about anything and everything. And yet, we didn’t keep in touch for over a decade.