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  Second COVID Stupid – Smooth Egg Brain
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Second COVID Stupid – Smooth Egg Brain

    November 5, 2022July 22, 2024
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    The second dark COVID of my soul is here except it doesn’t feel quite as dark. I feel stupid and it is peaceful.

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  Review ‘From Scratch’ On Netflix: Focaccia & Fortitude
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    Review ‘From Scratch’ On Netflix: Focaccia & Fortitude

    October 30, 2022April 14, 2024
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    ‘From Scratch’ on Netflix made me realise the world doesn’t know how & why death shows up. How can we answer why people turn out as they do?

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  Fearlessly Flying With Erica Jong
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    Fearlessly Flying With Erica Jong

    October 27, 2022October 9, 2023
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    Giving sex an easy place in my mind, required moving around the furniture inside my head – old traumas, inherited shame, cultural taboos. This book taught me flying.

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  The Wealth Of Stories – #TodaysTale
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    The Wealth Of Stories – #TodaysTale

    October 23, 2022April 21, 2023
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    Daily stories for wisdom & grace in the form of #TodaysTale

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  Evaporation – The Marie Kondo of COVID
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    Evaporation – The Marie Kondo of COVID

    October 21, 2022February 27, 2025
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    Surviving my second COVID-19 bout in 3 months, an evaporation of fears. From the dungeon of despair to finding trust & purpose.

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  When Gods Become People
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    When Gods Become People

    October 19, 2022January 22, 2025
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    An ode to disappointing idols, to deified affections, to desecrated loyalties and lost gods.

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  Autorickshaws & Poetry: Dignity In A Post COVID World
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    Autorickshaws & Poetry: Dignity In A Post COVID World

    October 8, 2022December 29, 2023
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    My post-COVID reflections in autorickshaws confront privilege, embrace Mumbai’s diversity, discover shared poetry transcend languages.

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  • Libra and The Good Place
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    ‘The Good Place’ Is A Study Of Libra

    October 6, 2022March 30, 2025
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    Libra, like every zodiac sign has its narratives & spiritual lessons. ‘The Good Place’ show is a balanced study into the Libran ethos.

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  Wayfarer On An Open Road
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    Wayfarer On An Open Road

    October 4, 2022July 15, 2025
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    Post COVID, life is uncertain but it’s an open road. Everything is a lesson, every meeting is a gift.

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  Urban Domestica – Peace in Pieces
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    Urban Domestica – Peace in Pieces

    September 21, 2022September 17, 2023
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    Finding peace in the domestic, finding poetry in the mundane

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  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
  • krist0ph3r on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “Wow, that was a lot to process and at some point it got too much for me to handle reading.…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
  • Topher on Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry: “I too struggle greatly with problematic people who make great things. As a child Bill Cosby brought YEARS of joy…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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