Shail’s Nest

What’s in a name?? Nothing perhaps. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet as the Bard would have it. So I remain I in spite of the many names I am known by. One of my friends recently remarked that I seemed to have as many as a thousand names. Maybe not [...]

A strange sadness
fills my heart.
I know not from where
its cold clammy talons
have wound itself
around my heart.
Why have the skies gone dark??
From whence
comes the chilly wind??
Is there an answer??
Does it lie within
or somewhere without??
Is it in my heart
or is it in yours??
Can it be sought
in the life around
or is it hidden
like the precious [...]

Feb 28 2006
Home Sweet Home

Dear Diary,
You know that I have been away for 2-3 days to spend some quality time with my L&M who stays in a nearby city. It had been fun roaming around every evening on the mo-bike, window shopping, eating out and chattering nineteen to the dozen about everything under the [...]