• New pub news!

    On the occasion of National Poetry Month 2026, poet Vidya Shankar and I bring to you, our book which has been almost two years in the making: Light and Line Drawings! This book is a dual-voice poetry collection exploring lives on completely different continents. Light and Line Drawings is a dialog between two poets who,…

  • Back to the quill

    …at least on blog. I’ve been writing but no blogs, somehow it kept slipping. But  back to communicating with the world, back to baring my thoughts. Some things need persistenceSome things need time Some things need … … guts.

  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z …Z

    Z is for zzzz I admit that this year the A to Z adventure for me has been sub ideal. I mostly hadn’t the energy to type out the sentences that were floating in my mind. I’ve sometimes carried some of the blog posts in my mind for days, amazed that I can recollect it…

  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z …Y

    Y is for yum! I am guilty of such vicious lies! I cannot believe that I am wired this way.  So I feel guilty. Every time I mix up a mucky looking gruel with fruit all mashed up, and quickly oxidizing to a dark shade of ick. Or vegetables boiled to a unappetizing color of…

  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z …X

    X is for xylophone or toys that make sounds. When I say xylophone I really mean the battery powered contraption that is mostly out of tune but will put forth sounds in frequencies close to the established notes. I’m not sure they make real ones for babies. I certainly don’t remember playing with one.  I…