Finest Post Nominations - December 2021

My Dear Viji, thank you for the nomination. I read it just after Srama posted it and thought "dang.. wish I was nominating posts.. this would have been a great find." : )

Do You Hear What I Hear? by @Srama

Like I wait for my neighbors to put out their Fourth of July decor, then Halloween and then Christmas, and then the Chinese New Year, I wait for Srama's snippets that herald new seasons and remind us how much our lives are connected to the nature around us. This snippet is like the boxes of holiday chocolates on my living room table. Each time I go to them, I come away with a different kind of Belgian or other chocolate. I have read this snippet a few times -- just to read it and now to write here -- and I come away with the embers of a different memory reignited. The Shubhashitham reminds me of my Sanskrit teacher. The Christmassy decorations remind me of the houses known in my area for their elaborate nativity scenes. On my last read, I came away with "subtle joy and a subdued approach."

Thank you @Srama for the lovely snippet. It was like reading much beloved poems from my Hindi poetry books of 8th and 9th classes.