DAILY PHOTO: Danube River, Bratislava
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Nothing whatsoever. I can tolerate instrumental music, but I find anything with human voices isn’t conducive to cognitive activity.

white water churns
down the hillside into
a sprawling flood.

abandoned building,
in the background, blurs:
eyes lock on flowers

What’s your go-to comfort food?
Completely depends on where I am at the moment. Here, in South India, it’s a paper masala dosa.

But [for example] in Budapest it’s túrós csusza, in Bangkok it’s pad thai, in Bombay it’s vada pav, and in Vajrayana Buddhist areas it’s momo.

egrets & herons
stand on lily pads, only
sinking when stepping.

gray-green waters
shimmer in summer sun:
leaves flutter onshore.


Chess. You can play it anywhere (online, on a phone, on a board, etc.,) everyone knows the rules, and it’s a cognitive workout – rather than being a tedious timepass.