
My favorite people to watch are little kids and elderly people. I had breakfast today with an 80+ woman and I was watching the way she ate her meal. She buttered her toast so slowly and thoroughly and prepared her grapefruit so precisely. And yesterday I watched Tulsi, this 2-year-old girl who lives on campus. She put salt on the table and was deliberately licking her finger, picking up some granules and eating them. I bet if you put a cupcake next to her she would have ignored it.
I need to build some thick skin so I can write without deleting and speak without editing.
I'm reading this beautiful book by Joan Didion called The Year of Magical Thinking. I highly recommend it, but it's not a light read. Jhumpa is totally letting me down with her Unaccustomed Earth, I'm going to have to balance it out with my debut novel.
P.S. My co-worker is playing Bhangra music.
4 comments:
the last three stories in unaccustomed earth (Part II) were real good, i thought. nice blog!
Cheers to The Year of MT. Good Pick.
watch out jhumpa here comes ankita! Loved your insan(e) observations.
aunty M
When they ask me to picture my own version of the divine presence here, I picture my dog, Ollie. They truly are the embodiment of all that is wisdom and joy.
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