a cooking pot and twisted tales
Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
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Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
From the very first poem, “Dreams,” this book captivates with passionate and perceptive words. Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha captures a broad expanse of the human experience in this book of richly layered poems.
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King
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We buy books like the magical garden for the children but derive utmost pleasure from reading them and being child-like again 😉
Sometimes, I wonder who gets the most pleasure, the adult who is still a child at heart or the child who soaks up the words in innocent wonder?
I know a lot of us who enter bookstores and come out buying more books than we planned to 🙂
I am guilty all the time.
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
From the very first poem, “Dreams,” this book captivates with passionate and perceptive words. Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha captures a broad expanse of the human experience in this book of richly layered poems.
This weeks name of the game for Daily post photo challenge is ‘numbers.’ Let’s play 🙂
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
On Thursday’s, I share pictures about ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple.
Every Thursday, share a photo of bits and pieces of wherever you are at any point in time. It could be a house, backgrounds of your neighbourhood, activities and so forth and you can tag it Echos of my Neighbourhood, add my link to your post so that I will get the ping from your post.
Every other Thursday, I will publish a post with the links of all those who participated the previous week.
This is just a fun way of getting to see more of the World around us through your eyes since we cannot all be at those places, we could, at least, see them through you.
Dates, dates everywhere! It’s the date season and the palms are burgeoning with fruits. A lot are bearing little bags that are tied under to harvest them for eating and producing various types of sweet stuff.
I’ll probably try my hand doing some date juice and see how it turns out.
The random photos were taken during the course of the week of perambulating to and fro office and about town.
From armchairs, we got to meander about and see what other folks are up to in their neighbourhoods. Let’s see some of yours 🙂
Following Seas, Luanne’s photos are so serene and lovely. Take a look. Thank you Luanne for sharing with us 🙂
Saba online: Some of these photos have mysterious quality like the cover page of a thriller. Saba thank you for joining echoes 🙂
Like Mercury Colliding: Kat always has fascinating stuff to show us. Now, these are truly interesting neighbourly trees with lots of character. Take a peek. You might find a storyline in there.
Giggles and Tales: What a spread! I got fat just looking!
Thoughts and entanglements: Coney Island artists are talented and they know how to have fun too. Such work makes me smile 🙂
Don’t horde the beauty of the life around you, just for yourself. Do share with us
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
“May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness, and tied with love.” L. O. Baird
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It was so amusing to watch the little girl reason her mother into opening the gift immediately. I know her feeling, especially on Christmas eves.
I literally have to hold my two hands from tearing into my presents. Between me and my children, I don’t know who’s more eager. My dear Himself is always the calm and collected one which it comes to present matters 🙂
P.S. Did you manage to get in for the blog party? If you haven’t it’s still live and you can peek inside this link.
Blessed be.
Below is my first Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Sometimes, miracles come in pairs or even more.
“Double the giggles, double the grins. Double the trouble, when you’re blessed with twins,” Unknown
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Quite an interesting incident to go to the shops and run into several twins on the same day and in the same store.
I wondered if it was a “bring your twins shopping day,” but the cashier said that such a thing did not exist.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Never leave me lonely on these shores
Where no one knows me
Where I stare at strange forms
Trying to find you somewhere there in their midst.
On Thursday’s, I share pictures about ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple.
Every Thursday, share a photo of bits and pieces of wherever you are at any point in time. It could be a house, backgrounds of your neighbourhood, activities and so forth and you can tag it Echos of my Neighbourhood, add my link to your post so that I will get the ping from your post.
Every other Thursday, I will publish a post with the links of all those who participated the previous week.
This is just a fun way of getting to see more of the World around us through your eyes since we cannot all be at those places, we could, at least, see them through you.
We had some guests over the weekend and visiting Dubai Mall was top on the list for them since it’s their first time in Dubai.
Close to the Dubai mall and the Burj Khalifa is the Souk Al Bahar. One of Dubai’s destinations for Al Fresco dining at its finest with it’s Cafe’s, Pubs and exclusive restaurants.
When you have August visitors in April, you play nice and give them a little treat if possible. So we mixed up the entertainment of showing the landmarks that time would allow, people watching, and enjoying a noisy meal and karaoke in the Cuban restaurant Cafe Habana.
They did the daring zip lining but I didn’t. Maybe on another day when the thought does not send my tummy plummeting 😉
Last Week Echoes took us to different neighbourhoods, hop on let’s go see and we will be glad to see some of yours.
A walk in the village A totally refreshing amble, good food and beautiful things to see. My kind of good time 🙂
Temptation gallery When you visit Jericho and Temptation Mount, prepare your mind to see just anything, even a smart local speaking your native language. It’s a small world.
Jazzy tower I think I can be naughty and if I had the film crew hanging around my backyard, I would probably use the opportunity to do my own filming 😉
Kat of Mercury Colliding takes us on a wander through the museum. I love visiting such places. You get to see an eclectic mix of interesting stuff.
Boy o boy He’s such a big boy that you have to see him for yourself.
Please do share a peek of your neighbourhood/ World with us. Regards
My regards,
Jacqueline
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Please don’t peek too closely at my long list of groceries but I have a household to nourish you know 😉
For this week’s The great book of lists, our grocery shopping list is the prompting word.
I have a love and hate relationship with shopping, but it’s unavoidable and since I cook virtually every day except on evenings that we eat out thus, my grocery/shopping list is a quite lengthy.
I actually have a typed list on my computer which I print off and take along with me, even though taking the list has never stopped me from buying something that’s not on it, especially if it looks like a good bargain 😉
I have two phases of shopping. Regular shopping marts for everything and a visit to the African store for condiments to make our native soups and delicacies 😉
I always like a full larder and I do bulk shopping twice a month and then pick up fresh goods like vegetables, bread, milk etc as the need arises.
My children accompany me and sometimes Dear Himself can be talked into tagging along when he’s not at work.
My kiddos are learning to sniff out good bargains too which is a mix of joy at their company and exasperation 😉
The list runs from food items in one trolley and other needed household items in another basket.
Meat: We are Carnivores. Sometimes I think I am breeding little Tigers.
Fish: To balance out the meat.
Chicken:
Ham, sausages etc:
Eggs: We ate lots of eggs. Scrambled, poached, boiled, omelette…
Cheese: Yess!!! I love cheese
Beverages. My children like Nesquick or Nestle Milo.
Milk. Everyone takes full cream except me *not that it’s helped much 
Yoghurt
Waffle mix
Pasta
Rice
Beans
Fresh vegetables
Fresh fruits: Lots and lots of mix of oranges, grapefruit, pomegranates,
watermelon, bananas, dates, clementines, avocado ….
This list could go on for ages so I will let your imagination do the rest.
Somehow, a bar or several of chocolate have a way of sneaking into my trolley 🙂
Hey! Don’t judge! What’s a girl to do anyway? Chocolate always goes well with a good book 😉
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
‘I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.’ Zsa Zsa Gabor
Shopping’s done, but not completed without her trying out that earring 🙂
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A little sparkly bling can bring some shine to the eyes 😉
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