December 12. “Christmas is 13 days away, Button, yet it doesn’t feel Christmas at all.
I don’t see any build-up to Christmas anywhere, no Christmas trees, no tinsel, nobody’s in a mood to shop…”
December 11. “Every fact I’ve read or heard and religiously followed is changing.
I was on the internet and checking out a site called Real Age when I came across this strange tip. It relates to chocolates and says that chocolate makes you smarter, chocolates weaken heart attacks but the last one takes the cake.”
December 10. “Button, it’s strange and hard to believe how one can hear so much commotion in an apartment so high up.
We thought the noise up here would be minimal but that is not so! We hear every street sound and, this is a noisier time because of the wedding season. To the beating of drums, movie songs are played at an unbearable crescendo. It’s sheer madness.”
Flash Post 24!
“Button, a penny for guessing what this is!
Knowing you and, had you been around, I guess your answer would have been: a cigarette stub/a piece of paper/a small twig!”
Flash Post 23!
“Button, Moti’s in the habit of giving us heartbreaks and anxiety now and then! Remember me telling you that he had found this haven atop a wide boundary wall where he would sit and look skywards and converse with God?”
December 9. “There is still hope for this world. I read a bit of news this morning which made me feel good for a change:
American actress Katherine Heigl showed what it takes to be a celebrity with a heart. She saved the lives of 25 Chihuahuas who were about to be euthanized. The dogs are up for adoption.”
December 8. “Button, I must tell you about this hilarious sight I witnessed on my way to the club:
I saw a crow pulling along a paper bag and desperately trying to untie the string so he could get to whatever was inside it. He failed on the first count, shook the bag fiercely and attempted to untie the string again.”
December 6. “Button, I read a very interesting bit of news in the TOI today. Apparently the potato and tomato plants are carnivores!”
“What’s that?”
“Carnivores are non-vegetarians. Can you believe that the tomato and potato plants are non-vegetarian?”
December 7. “Button, do you find these tidbits I share with you once in a while of any interest?”
“Very. I don’t get to read as much as I would want to so I learn every time you pass on bits of information or have a good laugh at some of the jokes you crack.”
December 5. “Have you heard of Tiger Woods, Button?”
“Of-course. Who hasn’t! He’s THE golf legend.”