My grandmother lives in a small town called Udumalipettai, in the foothills of the Western Ghats. She makes homemade ghee and has a ritual; she churns the curd everyday and collects butter in an earthenware pot at six in the morning. She uses a long, wooden churner with a bulbous ...
After experiencing the ___ of their project, the girls hope to organize more ___ in the near future. “Those girls were just great,” said Nancy, a great-grandmother who once ___ the clinic. “They were ready for us and had a very mature attitude towards answering our questions, and...
That so reminds me of my grandmother, Nanny Byrd, who specialized in southern US cooking. She did write down recipes for us, but after a while we realized all her recipes were different as far as the amounts. We have at least three cards with her pie crust recipe, and they are all ...
The jewelry in the above picture once belonged to Zehra’s husband’s great grandmother! How touching. She writes: “If there is one thing that can be said about Debasish Das’s book ‘Red Fort: Remembering the Magnificent Mughals’, it is that the book captures, in equal measure, the ...
Maria’s grandmother gave her a hug. “I came over to make you feel better since you couldn’t go to schooltoday. Are you hungry? It's already lunch time.’ Abuelita didn’t wait for Maria to answer.She went over to ...
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs...
In 1952 my grandmother reluctantly had Bert Sivell declared dead. She still did not know what had happened to him, and the convoy records revealing the ship’s final distress message and position did not open until 1971. She had been dead herself for nearly 20 years when fiddling on the in...
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Bhante’s sisters, a mother in law of one of his sisters and his grandmother on the far right. The sister in white is part of a group of women that go out into the community and into the homes to help teach the women about Buddhism, that, however, is a story for another post. ...
The rest of the trip from Quezon City to Makati, Ricky and Maya talked about their planned visit Ricky’s grandmother. Soon after, they arrived at the Lims place. “Ready, sweetheart?” Ricky asked Maya as they entered the building. Hands interlaced, they walked towards the private elevator...