by Rudri | Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am a voracious reader and every week I come across either a book, online piece or website I want to share with others. I’ve decided to curate these gems and highlight them on Friday. I hope you find these faves as insightful as I do: Finalists from... 
by Rudri | Aug 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last week I caught this brilliant sunset as I walked outside. The rays stretched their arms, while the clouds embraced the flicker. Witnessing this radiance startled me, only because in the last few months I’ve paid more attention to the struggle, despite the... 
by Rudri | Sep 16, 2015 | Life Lessons, Uncategorized
In the last few years, I’ve explored vulnerability and what it means to me. Extrapolating the subterfuge involved in the tentacles of this very charged word doesn’t come without its hazards. Lately, I’ve been asking how to handle the consequences of... 
by Rudri | Apr 29, 2015 | Thursday Musing, Uncategorized
Heartbreak is unpreventable; the natural outcome of caring for people and things over which we have no control… Heartbreak begins the moment we are asked to let go but cannot, in other words, it colors and inhabits and magnifies each and every day; heartbreak is not a... by Rudri | Apr 27, 2014 | Everyday Delights, Uncategorized
Once a month I chronicle everyday delights that liven up my world. Here are a few of my April everyday loves: 1. This Picture of Spring In The Desert: On my morning runs I always pass this tree, yellow snow at its feet. These Paloverde trees are everywhere in the... by Rudri | Jun 2, 2011 | Everyday life, Failure, Life Lessons, Success, Uncategorized
The pink and purple spinning teacup ride at the amusement park creates an unprecedented anxiety in my insides. Even the slow mini-mine train ride strikes a terror that causes a rumble in my core. The background music plays as each person takes his or her seat on the...
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More