Caffeine Rush VIDYA VASANT For Love of Peace SAVITHRI DUDDU Happy Birthday to Me YIREN ❏ How He met My Mother ELIZABETH BANFALVI In Moumita ISHRAT CHOWDHURY Love Letter to
ISHRAT CHOWDHURY ❏ Years ago I saw him for the first time at our tea party He was my brother Abel’s old childhood buddy Mother asked me to bake a chocolate cake Cookies, nimki and samosa to make Mother made some other delicious dish Aromatic and well prepared per our wish.
FAID SHAHABUDDEEN ❏ I could never forget the sadness in her eyes Her most alluring accent and French fragrance That starry night I met her on Myrtle beach boardwalk As we engaged in a lengthy conversation That seemed to last forever.
ISHRAT CHOWDHURY ❏ Three-hour drive from here to Moumita. It is a picturesque small town. There is a river, name Modhumoti. It flows smoothly. The soothing sound of its waves can be heard at night in bedrooms.
VIDYA VASANT GOPAUL ❏ I met my wife on March 22, got engaged on May 10 and married on July 4 of the same year! Does that sound romantic? You bet it is! On Saturday, March 22, fifty years ago, it was raining cats and dogs all day. A few thunders roared through the skies and I even saw some lightning.
SERINA LEWIS ❏ Who said that Mom would be left on a shelf Teaching and travel, laughter and singing None so brazen and sure of herself She’d spend her days, dancing and swinging
ELIZABETH BANFALVI ❏ My grandfather came here in the early 1900s. Canada didn’t have a big population so engineers and labourers were brought from Europe to build the St. Lawrence Seaway. My grandfather came to work on it and left his wife and four children in Hungary until he had made enough money to bring them over.
FRANCES FROMMER ❏ My Dearest Most Beautifulest Kitty, You are a wondrous treasure of unconditional love and warmth. You give 150% back. Here are some reasons why I love you.
OLIVE HANNA ❏ When I was young, my mother said of me, “I don’t know what to do with Olive. She is like many pieces of wool, not enough in any piece to knit anything.” I could not have described myself better. Being good at many things but not great at any perhaps served me best. I see my life as a gift to share: a tapestry of love for people and nature woven by time in a quiet and joyful heart, forever open to change.
SAVITHRI DUDDU ❏ Satya started preparing lunch as it was 11 a.m. and since she had been working the whole week and it being Sunday, she wished to cook quickly and take the entire day off from house chores to watch her Netflix favourite shows. With continuous lockdown and no place to go, it was all she was doing: binge watching.
