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BOO's avatar

Ramya,

So beautiful! Like a kaleidoscope of emotions, expressions. Please welcome 2025 where you will flourish like a vine.

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Ramya Yandava's avatar

Thank you so much, Boo, this is such a beautiful comment! Wishing all the best for your flourishing in 2025 as well.

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Banan's avatar

Ramya, your writing is so divine and oh so unique. In love with how you view the world and how you express it- you are pure art.

“Why can’t one do as one likes and sail away upon gossamer wings into the land of dreams? Would I be satisfied?” - this line has me dreaming…

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Ramya Yandava's avatar

aw thank you so much Banan, that means so much to me! It’s so interesting how those two questions really came to fit together even though they were written in totally different contexts.

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Maria Polansky's avatar

This was such an interesting and creative read, Ramya! I love having this snapshot into your mind.

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Ramya Yandava's avatar

Thank you, Maria! I’m so glad you enjoyed this experiment!

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Sandra Murzin's avatar

I just loved this,Ramya...so interesting and cool.This and your essay on winter,love of snow and "Buffalo '66"are the best things I've read in a while...so many visuals! Thank you so much for sharing...it always makes my week...😻

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Ramya Yandava's avatar

It really brightens my day to hear you say that, Sandra. And I’m glad you liked the visuals, too! Thank you for being such a thoughtful and encouraging reader and for taking the time to comment.

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Baird Brightman's avatar

What a fascinating way of laying out a range of thoughts. Quite rhythmic. Thanks for sharing Ramya! 👏

I like this one: "Being rational and strategic doesn’t make a person cold—in fact, it’s so much more romantic to know that someone planned and thought about things in advance, thought through the consequences of their actions, considered my feelings." Also the one I highlighted in my restack. Good stuff!

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Ramya Yandava's avatar

Thank you so much, Baird! It always seems a bit of a risk posting something more experimental and nature, but it’s so interesting to see what resonates with people, and I really appreciate your thoughtful engagement.

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Clare's avatar

Ramya, your writing is breathtaking.

Thank you for opening your heart and sharing your beautiful mind. I am inspired, moved and altered in some way I can’t quite identify yet. I will read on. Please, write on.

Best, Violet

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Clare's avatar

“Beg me to stop and listen.”

Gotta love spell correct!

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Clare's avatar

I’m happy my words were meaningful, Ramya. Sometimes words call out to me, beg me to around listen. We rush through so much of our lives. We need to savor the beauty and truth or our lives will be void of the joy of human connection. I am

grateful to you for calling out to make that connection. Your voice is so powerful.

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Ramya Yandava's avatar

I agree with you wholeheartedly that there are so many distractions in our lives, so much rush and busyness, and I’m glad that my writing could be the thing that helped you to slow down a bit. Writing is such an important form of connection, and I really appreciate you taking the time to listen to my words! <3

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Ramya Yandava's avatar

Thank you so much, Violet, that really means so much to me as a writer and is so encouraging! I really appreciate you taking the time to read and to leave this lovely comment <3

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Clare's avatar

Your

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