Neecha's Blog

I was frustrated at a bunch of unresolved issues when I started cutting off dead flower buds in our front yard. I found myself getting angrier with each snip. Why did blooming flowers have to share a common stem with the dry, wilted flowers? Why couldn’t they just die at the same time so I could […]

I find it interesting when people tell us they have nothing to think about. For me, there’s always something to think about. A few Sundays ago, I walked into a buffet at noon and noticed that the salads that were usually overflowing were all running low. I looked behind me and there was a steady […]

The flower shop employee cut off the stamen before handing me a bouquet of lilies. I asked her why she did that, and she said, “The pollen is bad. It kills the flowers.” “Really?” “Oh yeah, once the pollen hits the petals, the flower starts to die. It’s like, toxic. Kills them.” The flower lady made […]

I sent a couple questions to a colleague via a messaging app, and although they were marked “Read,” he didn’t respond. I got annoyed, thinking of all the times he had messaged me, asking urgent questions, redundant questions, questions he should’ve had to answers to, and each time I responded swiftly and decisively. I thought […]