by Prasanta | Aug 10, 2018 | Friday Feature, Uncategorized
Folks, I’m taking a break from a weekly article I began this summer called “Friday Feature”. I will evaluate this feature and may resume it again in the fall, but for now, my brain is saying “take a break” and the...
by Prasanta | Aug 7, 2018 | Poetry, poetry by others, Uncategorized
Moonrise Will you glimmer on the sea? Will you fling your spear-head On the shore? What note shall we pitch? We have a song, On the bank we share our arrows— The loosed string tells our note: O flight, Bring her swiftly to our song. She is great, We measure her by the...
by Prasanta | Aug 4, 2018 | Dialogue, Immigration, News, Politics, racism, Uncategorized, Writing
Below is a post that has been sitting in my draft folder since I wrote it in late June. I wrote about a particular situation that was occurring (and still an issue) in our country, and in this post, ponder if/how I should address such issues here on the blog....
by Prasanta | Jul 27, 2018 | social media, Technology, Uncategorized
I first noticed it about a year ago, though it could have been going on for longer, and probably was. Recently I was talking to my daughter about shopping at Meijer and Wal-Mart. Meijer is quite a bit further so I choose not to go there and shop at Wal-Mart...
by Prasanta | Jul 16, 2018 | God's Faithfulness, God's love, God's promises, God's Word, grace, Jesus, Mercy, Uncategorized
One of my favorite verses of all time: 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks...
by Prasanta | Jul 9, 2018 | Journal, Poetry, Uncategorized
I’m thrilled and thankful to have a few poems published in the latest issue of Relief Journal!
by Prasanta | Jul 4, 2018 | Summer, Uncategorized, Wordless Wednesday
#countryroads #wordlesswednesday #rural #NewEngland #Vermont #historicalsites
by Prasanta | Jun 4, 2018 | Identity, Immigrant Stories, Immigration, Uncategorized
Names tell us who we are and where we belong. For years, I lamented the fact I did not have a simple American nickname to make life easier, for you and me both… Read the rest of my post today at The Mudroom Blog: See, Say, Spell, Repeat *picture...
by Prasanta | Jun 4, 2018 | Books, Quotes, Uncategorized
One of my favorite books of all time is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. It’s a bit challenging to succinctly explain the effect this book had on my life. Of course, I only realize it all now, years later after the fact. I was 10 years old when I...
by Prasanta | May 26, 2018 | Beauty, flowers, Poetry, Quotes, Seasons, Spring, Uncategorized
This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green, Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes, Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes. I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration Of...
