Pages, Places, and Ponderings
Pages, Places, and Ponderings
When I began writing about castles and gardens, I intended to wrap it up as a two-part series. However, as I sat down to finally draft a long-pending post, I realized that we’ve visited 10 National Trust properties around London…
Nearly 11 years ago, I attended my first and only WordCamp in London, not knowing a soul. Fast forward to last year, I became active on X (formerly Twitter), and my circle expanded to amazing folks from all over the…
Last September, we spent a week on holiday in Suffolk. It only made sense to travel further north and visit Norfolk this time. Ashwina booked us into a National Trust cottage on the Blickling Estate in Norfolk. Journey from London We left our home on…
Welcome back, fellow bookworms, to another exciting instalment of my reading journey! It’s been a while since my last reading update in June 2023. As you know, I had set myself a lofty target at the start of 2023 and missed…
A long time ago, in March last year, the Ashwina and I returned to India for a brief holiday, carrying our precious little cargo, the one we shall henceforth refer to as Baby. You might have read or heard from me that the…
I sit here on the last day of 2023, reflecting on the year that was. I have been blogging on ajaydsouza.com for over 20 years and have consistently written a year-in-review post for most of these years. I signed off…
You might have read that we had some fun visiting castles and gardens. If you haven’t, then go ahead, click those links and come back here. I shall wait. In September, Ashwina, Baby and I embarked on our annual holiday…
Ashwina reminded me that I hadn’t posted the sequel of my award-winning, must-read blog post titled Stories about Castles and Gardens. Ah, well, umm, it might not have won any awards, but it’s definitely a must-read for all of you,…
Today marks a special day for me and for this blog. 20 years ago to this day, I installed WordPress on ajaydsouza.com and launched my personal blog. WordPress was a baby and looking at the version history, I started running…
In April this year, after we returned from Mumbai, Ashwina and I restarted our visits to castles, gardens and houses around London. Our National Trust membership provides us with access to these locations, as well as free parking, making it…
I last posted a reading update in January. Since then I’ve made quite a bit of progress with another 14 books completed albeit a bit slower than previous years. This is partly attributed to me being more active on Twitter…
It’s been over three years since our last visit to India. We had a great time in Pune and Mumbai with our family and friends. A lot has changed since then. The world has gone through a pandemic, we have…