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Back after a hiatus … with news
This is a tiramisu from Pizzeria Spacca Napoli in Port Moody, BC. Loved it, so turned it into a painting. While the original is given away, a 10×10 print of the painting is available on my brand new website paintedbutterstudio.com It took a cold rainy January Sunday here in British Columbia to get me typing on these pages again. My WordPress blog was pressed into the backburner about two years…
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Settling down
When does a new place start feeling like home? It’s been a little over three months since we moved from Delaware, on the east coast of the United States, to British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. We now have a supermarket that we go to by default, a crepe place that we like, and a bakery that we swear by. We also have a favorite walking route, one that’s studded with the most beautiful…
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In a new land
In a new land
The electric heater hums softly, like a cat that purrs for food. The hot air only shyly touches my feet – most of it simply slips out through the cracks of the wooden doors and windows. Ironically, for how cold it is, the day shines bright. Tall windows consume the walls, and allow for large sheets of sunlight to fall on the linoleum flooring. As we walk from the living room to the bedroom and…
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Being a virtual wedding guest
Being a virtual wedding guest
There were no invitations sent, just a zoom link. We logged in, like we would for any other official meeting. It was our first time attending a wedding virtually. A kind of wedding, where we sit dressed in our finest clothes waist up, but remain in pajamas waist down. Inside the bride’s ‘personal room’ on Zoom, sat her parents in one rectangular window, and her to-be-in-laws in another…
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Chill Vibes
There is something about sketching on location. Be it in front of I.M. Pie’s Louvre Museum, the Newark Reservoir, or the kitchen at my sister’s place in Ohio. The pen lines and watercolor strokes, while bringing out a certain form on the otherwise empty paper, also trap within them a slice of the Now. Let me give you an example. Last night, I sketched Homer Simpson behind the wheels. I look at…
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On writing features
It’s been a delight to work on a range of topics for Mashed since June 2020. Each article opens up a new world with its own vocabulary, feel, and flow. My most recent piece for the publication was on the Food Network celebrity Alton Brown. His world is a blend of science, food, pop-culture, and filmmaking. More than the hard-core facts that defined Brown’s life, such as his birth place (Los…
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Cold fingers
Pic credit: fotografierende on Unsplash The sweater sleeves end at the wrists, leaving the palms yearning for warmth. They rub against each other, crawl into woolen pockets, and hide in the folds of an old white throw. There they rest, until that familiar-but-maddeningly-persistent ringing of the phone. They wriggle out, they have to, and reluctantly inch closer to the icy metallic touch screen…
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Happy New Year 2021
Happy New Year 2021
We welcomed the new year with a slice of pizza, a large bite of home-made beetroot chocolate cake, and a game of What do you Meme? When the laughs died, and the friends left, we sunk into our couch, and spent the weekend watching The professor and the Madman, The one I love and The Hobbit: the desolation of Smaug. The slow weekend dribbled into a week filled with the pressure of keeping up…
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When it snows outside
When it snows outside
This pic was taken in White Mountains, New Hampshire It’s the first snow of 2020 in Delaware. The curtains are parted and the blinds lifted, to give an uninterrupted view of the white flake gala. As if on cue, flurries land softly on thin grass blades; the air turns still in suspense, and the sky turns grey like freshly-laid cement. It’s a drama that’s heart-wrenchingly beautiful, depressingly…
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Moon gazing Evenings meant a 30-minute walk around our parking lot brimming with cars hot and shiny under the 6 pm sun.
Life in the time of Covid-19
Life in the time of Covid-19
My heart goes out to small businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals who are having it rough in these uncertain times. All news seems grey – almost as if a giant cloud has lodged itself in the sky perennially. But the sun shines the fiercest when it pierces through the pillow of clouds. Now, more than ever, it’s important to look for those sharp streaks of sunlight.
Since March…
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Turning 30 in France
Turning 30 in France
There was no big celebration inside the hotel room. Outside, the whole town of Nice had come together for the annual carnival. Abba’s Dancing Queen blared from the speakers. We walked past children with painted faces, adults with masked ones. Past the line of high-end boutiques and restaurants with al fresco settings warmed by outdoor heaters. We stood watching the sleepy Mediterranean sea gulp…
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Vault of memories
Time sometimes severs some relationships so far apart that you have to unspool some old threads of memory to sew them up. Like when meeting a high school friend after long — every conversation inadvertently begins with “Remember when…”
In New York subway, Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ
At the Oculus, World Trade Center Station, NY
Fulton Street, Lower Manhattan, NY
Trinity Place, 115 Broadway, NY
B…
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Happy New Year!
2019 was life changing. My husband and I, we walked in the darkness of Mammoth cave in Kentucky, explored the White Mountains in New Hampshire, and strolled the busy lanes of Miami on a sultry summer evening. We moved houses, and slowly, carefully, turned it into a home. We laughed over Frasier on Netflix, hopped in and out of several art galleries in Texas, Maine and Tennessee, and tasted the…
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Peace Lily
On the week preceding our second year anniversary, we find ourselves at the garden center of Home Depot. From among a plethora of options including Boston Ferns, Burgundy rubber plants and Yucca canes, our eyes rest on a modest looking plant named Peace Lily. Its white shell-shaped flowers wrap around a baby corn-like spadix like a secret. We bring it home, and place it next to our bookshelf.…
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At the beach, with the niece
At the beach, with the niece
On a Sunday evening, we decide to go to the beach. She wears her swimming suit, I, my shorts. Once she feels the sand between her toes, she kneels down to grab a handful and pour it down like water. Unfortunately, the wind blows towards her, and she is shocked that the granules could stick to her hair and skin with such vengeance. We walk to the waters, and curious waves rush to touch her feet.…
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Love that smells like cake