Breaking the Wall of Silence

This blog is all about writing in general and my writing in particular. I hardly, if ever, talk about personal stuff here. But writing takes from life,  and so here I go about my silence so far this month.

In the first week of April, we lost my sister-in-law to cancer, and the last week of April we lost my mother-in-law too in an unusual, and somewhat unprecedented (in her city and community, at least) way: a snakebite.

We're all trying to pull together now, cope as a family, as families do.

But inside of me is a wall of silence. I haven't written much since end of April, which is about 20 days now. Somewhat unnatural for me, because I write (or should I say, used to write) daily. Blogging seems like a burden, but I miss all my friends, the regulars who always visit and comment, and those who dropped by in April for the A to Z Challenge.

April, which was supposed to be a happy blogging month for me, turned into a personal nightmare-- a fact that showed in my lack of visits to other blogs, and non-response to comments.

To all those who commented, I plan to visit you back once I get back to myself a little, and get hold of a good internet connection. I won't have proper internet till the end of May, but come June and I hope to get back to blogging.

In between, I'll try and post when the muse takes me, or the need to talk is too insistent to ignore, like now. Take care, all, and for those who left me a message on the email and my A to Z Challenge Cohosts, and team, I love you all and I'm very grateful.

Here's to all of you till I post again, which, hopefully, should be soon.

Zen is a Kind of Unlearning

For all of April, I'm going wordless for the A to Z Challenge.
The title of each post is a phrase/ sentence that inspires me as a writer, and below is a picture I think best embodies it. In the comments, I invite you to discuss what the phrase means to you, as a person, a reader, or whatever other role you might choose for yourself in life.

Zen is a Kind of Unlearning: Image via BlueKDesign

You Can Know the Universe Without Leaving Your House

For all of April, I'm going wordless for the A to Z Challenge.

The title of each post is a phrase/ sentence that inspires me as a writer, and below is a picture I think best embodies it. In the comments, I invite you to discuss what the phrase means to you, as a person, a reader, or whatever other role you might choose for yourself in life.

You Can Know the Universe : Image via Anita Peppers

I need your prayers

I lost my sister in law two weeks ago, and now my mother in law is fighting for her life after a viper bite. Just when we thought life couldn't get any worse, it did.

The doctors are doing their best to make her better, but I also believe in the power of prayer. Please pray she gets well soon.

We're Already What We Want To Become

For all of April, I'm going wordless for the A to Z Challenge.

The title of each post is a phrase/ sentence that inspires me as a writer, and below is a picture I think best embodies it. In the comments, I invite you to discuss what the phrase means to you, as a person, a reader, or whatever other role you might choose for yourself in life.

We're Already What We Want to Become: Image via Scott Lidell

Vision Without a Task is but a Dream

For all of April, I'm going wordless for the A to Z Challenge.
The title of each post is a phrase/ sentence that inspires me as a writer, and below is a picture I think best embodies it. In the comments, I invite you to discuss what the phrase means to you, as a person, a reader, or whatever other role you might choose for yourself in life.

Vision Without a Task is but a Dream: Image Via CyberJu