1988 -- Woman resting on a pillow -- Jogen Chowdhury

What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

Everything changes, everything moves, everything evolves, everything flies and goes away. —Frida Kahlo

"I Go Among Trees" by Wendell Berry #VerseOfTheDay

"Women make up nearly half of the world’s agricultural workforce, yet they are not prioritized in climate strategies and are underequipped to deal with the impacts of climate change on farming and food security." reuters.com/sustainability…

I love the advice that Wisława Szymborska used to give anonymously to writers in an old Polish literary journal. I remember enjoying these when I first saw them online and printing them out.

—Raymond Carver

Brilliant news just out: this year’s Goldman Prize, the Nobel of environmentalism, has been won by activist Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari for her work defending the rights and life of the Marañon River in Peru. 💪 insideclimatenews.org/news/21042025/… “For us, the river isn’t just a body of

Spring arrives quietly by the East River. #nyc

"The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the ‘state of emergency’ in which we live is not the exception but the rule." — Walter Benjamin

From earlier this week, an Eastern Redbud tree in bloom Central Park. The flowers look like they have been crocheted onto the trunk. #nyc

Congratulations and proud of my dear friend Jina jina on her debut poetry collection! The fact that she trusted me to write the "Afterword" for this collection and be a part of this journey makes it special for me. Over the years I have known her, I have been amazed by

Reading in bed with a Dog and a Deer, 1927

"Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on." --Simone Weil

Some photos from my home in Mavelikara! I was thinking of these lines from "The God of Small Things" -- when Arundhati Roy perfectly captures the mood and tone of another summer day! "May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and

Monsoon diaries ~ Kerala, May 2025

Oubaitori