Rolling
- Location
- India
- Birthday
- December 21
- Bio
- was a Teacher, now an ordinary 42 year old discovering life away from home. INTJ. loner.
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loves the open sky, birds, words, being who she is, travelling, people
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leads a simple mostly uneventful life, writes rarely, doesn't watch TV at all or read fiction anymore, reads blogs all the time: cover to comment thread to archives...
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “now he is going to
delete it in the morning. r
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12:31PM - “someone called Critical
Mess. is he/she gone?”
12:07PM - “you r right - I am with
you prat of the way, not
totally. I
agree that good
posts…”
12:04PM - “"whie"=whole
I was
referring to your heading,
"Which Ethnic Group
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November 22, 2009 12:33PM - “why did it occur to you
wonder about such a thing? do
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November 21, 2009 02:54PM
Rolling's Links
- New list
- Unmarried BLOG (dot org site)
- ONELY: SINGLE N HAPPY (org)
- QUIRKYALONE (dot net site)
- SPINSTER CHRONICLES
- Living Single
- FIRST PERSON SINGULAR (dot org)
- people I read
- Satyabratadam
- Paulo's Blog
- Newsie
- GMGaston the Gentle
- Kimberley R
- Tabb
- D Jimenace that flies
- Jeremy from Canada
- Elegant Mistake
- Doug Moran
- A Wayfarer's Notes
- Odetteroulette
- Sanjuro
- AWVI
- smithbarney
- JRDOG
- home
- Birthplace of Rolling
So We'll Go No More A-Roving
by Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)

all the musical versions I could find, through Youtube, in one place for those that love the poem:
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as… Read full post »
Powerful Women
Some women from movies made in the West
that left an impression.





“tomorrow is another day”


even tho this really is ‘he’ as ‘she’

Peacock Videos (not rendered)
Preening Peacocks - Prince and Family
Would you be my Love?
Foursome: The entire family gets together early mornings here. I sometimes feed them bananas or bread. Prince prefers fruits to bread. He always calls to alert me in the morning… Read full post »
Loose-ing it on Art Day :)
Navratri is Christmas for us. On the occasion, Wishing YOU light, love, insight, true knowledge, peace and contentment













this is what Nandini and Veeni are drawing… Read full post »
control
controlled environment is ok in labs or boudoirs or clinics or among Hitler's tribe - is it really desirable in Public fora?
isn't quality control elitist? leading in the end to hegemony?
so then, it hurts to watch people I respect, like to read, value the voice of, be… Read full post »
The Foibles of Youth 2
'adult' games :) well, 'nother meme, originator - gosearch... intro copypasted
Are you game for the self-exposure of the foibles of your youth? If you are, try this inventory. The one below is mine. As you read it, bear in mind that these are incidents from my very naïve early… Read full post »
raining in Ahmedabad continuously
It hasn't rained like this in this city long as I have been here. He came.


Then light disappeared, sit till 1o a.m. watching the darkness and gloom

The fourth day at home - no fever, can't keep food down, horribly acidic, the nerves around… Read full post »
a favourite song
022.Eki Labonye P...
people are dying of swine flu here, schools have been closed down in many cities, we have standing orders for parents to be vigilent and not force a child to come to school if he is running a temperature, mum reports cold, fever - asked her if I… Read full post »
Islands in the Stream
♣
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow
domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear s… Read full post »
he wants a long lasting marriage
Dating
asking people out or dating is not common in India.
usually, meetings happen when people meet in office or some
familiar space or there are common friends or you meet at a party
and strike up a conversation... if you are a recluse, just
going to school and coming back - you… Read full post »
Fifteen Books in Fifteen Minutes
Cyclopic got me started on this idea. His post was the
first one I read.
When I was growing up, we did not have TV or the Internet, TV started sometime in the eighties in India with only the National Channel. We got ours in 1984 so we… Read full post »
August 15, 1947 India had made a Tryst with Destiny
63 years of Independence: India celebrates its I-Day today, August 15
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps,
… Read full post »
the prince danced for me
this morning when I least expected it, he gifted me with undivided attention. he danced FOR ME!






the fear of Singles, Gender bias
When I suddenly realized it is… Read full post »
more pictures
in the new space
Morning Light, love to watch it from my bed, about 6:30 a.m.

the prince is alone this morning

tea ready, logged in for my morning mail before work

showered but not feeling so good
one last look outside from the terrace, he is… Read full post »
colors, sexuality, fun, play, curiosity
Color and Sexuality
The clothes you wear, your home furnishings and the car you drive all give clues to your sexual personality. The key is the colors you select for your possessions. Most people claim they haven't a favorite color. But look around you, and you'll notice a pattern, especially… Read full post »
Firsts - My first Open Call
PS: this is mainly an effort to keep close to the nicer memories of my life as the present isn't all that nice right now. so delving in kind of keeps those other thoughts at bay and prevents me from brooding too much.
Leeandra started it, thanks to her, I… Read full post »
Parenting: Arun Gandhi Reminisces
Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non-violence, in one of his lectures at the University of Puerto Rico , shared the following story as an example of "non-violence in parenting":
"I was 16 years old and living with… Read full post »
Love
a kind of love is, when you are not scared of anything, except, losing the object of your love
the other kind is, when you do not care - all that matters is that you can wake up each morning and ecah day is a new day
another kind numbs… Read full post »
when they say "love"
everytime the mind hears "love" it does a sommersault and tries to clamber back onto life's arms - "like a gecko" - and then it is brushed off aside as they would to a gecko - who likes geckos exactly? obnoxious ugly clingy things?
but geckos have a life of their… Read full post »
Trip - Journal Dated 26July, 09
the morning was horrible and dark and scary. horror you do not expect as average, ordinary citizens. trauma. waiting to die. near the edge. of losing faith in the goodness of life. giving up on life. anguish of abandoning a dream.
evening: calm, serene, beautiful thanks to an artis… Read full post »
Journal dated July 24
Day 3 Without Water
Just because I do not sit here, crying, does not mean am well. Just because I have the strength to come to school and deal with my work, does not mean I do not need help.
Yesterday evening, I… Read full post »
journal dated July 22
Day 2 without water in the tap
begins with recording the last bit from day1, which makes me feel proud of myself. (folks this is a firesign person's blog, with her sun in Sagittarius, moon in Leo, an ascendant in Scorpio, what do you expect? me first, always) (well, unless you… Read full post »
journal dated July 21
ok must record this for me to remember
they cut off the water supply. there is not a drop of water in the house to even wash my face. no water to even use the bathroom. went out to inform the landlord. "it is a machine, it is not working". So,… Read full post »
Rolling's Favorites
Updates
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Chris Locke-I'd Cross Continents for You
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Scupper-photo collage over time
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Pathos for a dead Goddess
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Are You Waving At Me?
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Calling all OS foodies: The Salon Kitchen Challenge
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"Loving Her Was Easy." Pt. 2 of our story
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Progress, Not Perfection: Congress: Be Creative, Hash It Out
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India basketball Fall tour 2 : Soft Power Diplomacy
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