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5/? #melancholicstoic Wheels up! Flight to Seattle was the first time ever that nearly the whole immediate family flew together. My sister, the travel planner extraordinaire had some tricks up her sleeve which worked. We were all spread out amongst 2 rows so it was even more fun...

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4/? #melancholicstoic Mum turned 75 this year and her celebrations were coming up (more to come on that later) but on the day of, I made them refried bean tacos for dinner in a pinch when the plan fell through. Mum got a Dole Whip with Bounty sticks for a Pina Colada style dessert

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3/? #melancholicstoic Learning how to Mum's homemade Chevdo (kind of like a spicy, Indian Chex Mix with potatoes, flattened rice, split chana lentils, peanuts, peppers, curry leaves, and a few other things all fried and tossed in spices)

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2/? #melancholicstoic Learning how to make Chakli (Indian galaxy spirals of fried rice flour) from my Mum

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Tomorrow will be 1 month since returning to the US. It's been a roller coaster of emotions, lessons, activities, and travel underpinned by a melancholic stoicism. I'm going to work through that by using Blue Sky as a medium for my photos and videos. Starting with this one from Alaska

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Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania every Thursday afternoon 2026

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It has been 7 years since the fire at Notre Dame. I had a chance to see it last year and am still amazed by what France has done to rally around saving and restoring it. Save the history, don't destroy it!

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My first apartment, where so many hip-hop memories were made in Flatbush Brooklyn

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I'm loving my wintery starry night nails design. Thank you to the lovely team at K&T Nails in Leamington Spa

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

It's been 10 years since I last donated my hair to make wigs for women with cancer. I tried again for the last year and a half since my last haircut to grow it out but sadly aging prevents me from being able to do this anymore

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

From the Shard Circa 2018. "Veins & Arteries"

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Miss having my Mumma with me

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Then you fall right in the middle of our ages and I think she would be impressed by your skills too! She is in NYC so I haven't had her pizza in nearly a year but she visited me in UK last month and premade two pies to bring me to keep in the freezer when I miss her. I'm trying to learn her way

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Now I'm going to need to take out the homemade pizzas that my Mom made and brought from NYC for me for dinner tonight! Not the same as her fresh out of the oven pizza but I don't get to eat it very often so it's still a treat!

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Grand Place in the heart of Brussels and the Belgian Christmas markets

Boat ride through the mangroves of Maduganga River, Sri Lanka

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The toque macaque (Macaca sinica) is a reddish-brown-coloured Old World monkey endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is known as the rilewa or rilawa.

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Morning Meditations at the Indian Ocean on my last day in Sri Lanka

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Found a Box Fruit tree on the beach in Sri Lanka. The flower only opens at night and is fragrant but it is very poisonous

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When we left Kalutara for a two day trip to Ella & Nuwara Eliya, we were told it was heavy rains so we went ahead in our mission to visit the Sita Amman Temple. We didn't know it would end up being a cyclone until we thankfully made it back by the skin of our teeth. #cycloneditwah

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Cinnamon Island on the Maduganga River, Sri Lanka

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Went to Victor Hasselblad Sea Turtle Research And Conservation Centre today

What most people know as cinnamon is actually Cassia. Sri Lanka is where most real cinnamon originates and this is how it is made. The bark is shaved off. The first layer is the cinnamon, which is peeled and dried for 7 days. The bark is burned (usually burned to distill its leaves into oil)

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Watching Baseball United game between Mumbai Cobras and Mid East Falcons to wind down another night in Sri Lanka

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A navy blue silk sari with kantha embroidery

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Good afternoon Andy...from my much needed holiday in Sri Lanka!

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Started the day off with a Shirodhara treatment with Abhyanga massages. Now relaxing in the warmth as the ayurvedic oil soaks our skin & hair 💆🏽‍♀️ #srilanka #holiday

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I'm still on FB and so many of my Jewish friends who have bought into the anti Mamdani tropes about his supposed antisemitism refer to statements about globalising the Antifada. As someone always etymologically curious, I leave this here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intifada

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Separation of church and state my 🍑

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I am by no means a hand model but I like the nail place I found.

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Back to School food comforts. Cheddar toastie with tomato basil soup 😋

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Got back from a mini holiday. I sought balance and found it. It was what I needed. My toes found some sand. Briana was with me.

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Just on my way back home after a short holiday in Beaumaris Anglesey! Have a wonderful time!

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

You know you're in Wales when this is the name of a place 😂

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I made Adobo chicken legs with habanero rice and elote

PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I have one and have been proud of mine, calling it my "Storm Streak" after the X-Men character. Gabbard brings shame to my name and cultural history as an Indian.

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PhenoMinal @phenominalp.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Happy 55th Anniversary to my most beloved human beings on earth!