I’m going to talk about one of my favourite wholesome movies of all time - Umimachi Diary (海街diary) - anglicised as Our Little Sister, but actually meaning Seaside Town Diary. I’m going to pepper this post with screenshots from the movie - they might not have any particular importance or relevance to what I’m writing, they are just scenes from the movie. I saw this movie in 2019, and such has been the impact of it on me that I have found myself thinking about it from time to time. There are days when my affinity for it is so much that I have to listen to its soundtrack or watch clips for the movie. ...
Vaccines and.. chilli chicken?
Yesterday, a friend of mine sent me pictures of what she had made for dinner - a lovely chilli paneer with a dark brown gravy full of umami, diaphanous onions with their veins stark against the dark, with pieces of green bell pepper floating about in that undoubtedly fragrant and wonderful gravy. I could smell and taste the bell peppers and the paneer in my mind as I saw the photos. Such impactful was the sensory experience that it unlocked a core childhood memory that I had long forgotten. ...