Sunday, April 19, 2026

my grab driver today

he drives

with arms extended

and intermittent body jerks

and intermittent car jerks

and he wants to

chit chat


my goodbye!

is heartfelt

morning walk


i meet a rooster
gorgeous fellow
strut strut strut

and you have
otters and monkeys
next to high rise apartments 

talk about 
being close to nature

Friday, April 17, 2026

not quite

thinking hard that 
an affogato 
would be lovely 
so 
this 
is 
poor second

the weather is muggy hot and it is only april. what will june be like??

evening walk



i meet a lizard on the wall.

it is undeniably grotesquely beautiful even as my goosebumps are popping up like they are on steroids.


Wednesday, April 15, 2026

doctored - sandeep jauhar (2014)



narrative of a physician's burnout and his journey out of it set in the background of moral ambiguity and avarice that is american medicine. he writes in a flowingly readable prose and the conversations are almost painfully authentic.

i guess we all go through a burnout of sorts in our middle ages. just as i guess most of us come out the other end bruised chastened and (if we are fortunate) re-couraged.

Monday, April 13, 2026

it's finally next monday

having finally come to the end of the mega-workweek i find myself loose and fancy free today (kinda).

what a lovely feeling.

it is a day for affogato.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

making the switch

avant

après!

we bite the wallet and ditch the generational colorfest for minimalist glass containers.