<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>me, my &amp; thoughts</title><description>rides, poems, photographs and writing by Tejas Vinay P. each one is made as its own page, with its own type and its own rules.</description><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/</link><item><title>getting lost in the fog on our way to bili rangana betta</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/rides/getting-lost-in-the-fog-on-the-way-to-br-hills/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/rides/getting-lost-in-the-fog-on-the-way-to-br-hills/</guid><description>a two-bike day ride from hebbal to k gudi and br hills: fog from megalapura to yelandur, a red multistrada three times, 408 km on tars’ trip meter.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/og/rides/getting-lost-in-the-fog-on-the-way-to-br-hills.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;a two-bike day ride from hebbal to k gudi and br hills: fog from megalapura to yelandur, a red multistrada three times, 408 km on tars’ trip meter.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>a field guide to the roadside</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/photos/a-field-guide-to-the-roadside/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/photos/a-field-guide-to-the-roadside/</guid><description>a pocket guide to what turns up beside the road on a ride: motorcycles by habitat, hills, water, birds and signs, with a key.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/og/photos/a-field-guide-to-the-roadside.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;a pocket guide to what turns up beside the road on a ride: motorcycles by habitat, hills, water, birds and signs, with a key.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>draining a puddle dry at vatadahosahalli lake</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/rides/draining-a-puddle-at-vatadahosahalli-lake/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/rides/draining-a-puddle-at-vatadahosahalli-lake/</guid><description>a non-stop morning ride from hebbal to gudibande and vatadahosahalli lake: three riders, two lakes, one puddle drained dry, home by 10.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/og/rides/draining-a-puddle-at-vatadahosahalli-lake.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;a non-stop morning ride from hebbal to gudibande and vatadahosahalli lake: three riders, two lakes, one puddle drained dry, home by 10.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>dying of thirst whilst riding in the kaveri valley</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/rides/dying-of-thirst-in-the-kaveri-valley/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/rides/dying-of-thirst-in-the-kaveri-valley/</guid><description>hebbal to sangama and dhabbaguli and back: four bikes, one musical-chairs swap, 298 km on tars&apos; trip meter and almost no water all day.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/og/rides/dying-of-thirst-in-the-kaveri-valley.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;hebbal to sangama and dhabbaguli and back: four bikes, one musical-chairs swap, 298 km on tars&apos; trip meter and almost no water all day.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item><item><title>checkpoint</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/checkpoint/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/checkpoint/</guid><description>engine, clutch, tyres, then mile after mile to the checkpoint. a seven-line stanza set as a rally roadbook, its odometer counting words.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>Hear the engine roar&lt;br&gt;Hear the clutch engage&lt;br&gt;Hear the tyre&apos;s spin&lt;br&gt;Closer by the minute&lt;br&gt;Mile after mile gone&lt;br&gt;Checkpoint&lt;br&gt;Live to ride</content:encoded></item><item><title>knife’s edge</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/knifes-edge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/knifes-edge/</guid><description>the helmet goes on, and a life is held on a knife’s edge. a couplet, set so that its second line rests on the edge of the page.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>The helmet strapped on to a head,&lt;br&gt;a life held on a knife&apos;s edge.</content:encoded></item><item><title>night rider</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/night-rider/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/night-rider/</guid><description>a rider goes out at night to feel the wind and takes the road less trodden. nine lines riding one long exposure of the ride, ending in one word.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>Goes a rider at night to feel the wind&lt;br&gt;hits traffic and grinds to a stop&lt;br&gt;takes the road less trodden&lt;br&gt;drops a gear, vanishes&lt;br&gt;hits potholes with road&lt;br&gt;fuck the government&lt;br&gt;not me though&lt;br&gt;one word&lt;br&gt;tars</content:encoded></item><item><title>strewn ether</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/strewn-ether/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/strewn-ether/</guid><description>a strewn mind stares at the ether for meaning and is left more strewn. an american cinquain set as a star chart, one star to a syllable.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>Strewn mind&lt;br&gt;stares at ether&lt;br&gt;to find meaning in it&lt;br&gt;to be revealed and left more strewn&lt;br&gt;let go</content:encoded></item><item><title>wanderlust</title><link>https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/wanderlust/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-my-and-thoughts.pages.dev/poems/wanderlust/</guid><description>let them get lost, bruised and stranded: three lines and the one word that wants all three, set as a map of nowhere.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>Let them get lost&lt;br&gt;Let them get bruised&lt;br&gt;Let them get stranded&lt;br&gt;Wanderlust</content:encoded></item></channel></rss>