Denise’s Substack

Simply Divine

It's that moment your eyes open in the morning & you know you have a delicious five more minutes to languish in bed, before the alarm startles you…

Dec 10, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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November 2025

It's in the yarn....

This picture of a toddler in a sweater is my grand nephew.

Nov 30, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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October 2025

Autumn in NY

It's in the colours, it's the sun showering gentler rays, it's Chrysanthemum time in NY.

Oct 26, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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In Memory

A cigarette in hand, sari clad, in pearls.

Oct 6, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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September 2025

Docent Denise - what I also do

The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur, was painted in 1852 and completed in 1855.

Sep 16, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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A Khasi in NY

My hometown, Shillong, in India, is nestled in the hills above Bangladesh, shrouded in clouds & mist for most of the year.

Sep 12, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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Aging Graysfully

Covid shutdown was the turning point for me.

Sep 8, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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A man, a bridge & a guitar

In Sutton Place, on my evening walk, I pass a man sitting on a bench, strumming a guitar, looking out at the Queensborough Bridge.

Sep 8, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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The Cursor & the cursed

This must be a writer's biggest nightmare.

Sep 5, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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Doormen in the city

Mr. B.....

Sep 4, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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Marilyn Monroe Subway Grate

A story from a couple of years ago.....

Sep 4, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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A New York Moment

My first Substack post!

Sep 3, 2025 • Denise Gatphoh

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