I pin things here.
I write short things here.
My author page is here.
My photos are here.
I talk about books here.
Wednesday
Jun112008
Moments
June 11, 2008
I witnessed something that struck me as such a tender moment in time, as I stood on our balcony hanging clothes on the line yesterday.
We are temporarily in a little flat above a busy chowk (intersection) and yesterday at about 1:30 all the kids got out of school. They all wear uniforms, checkered shirts with navy shorts or skirts, and as they flocked out into the chowk, dozens of mopeds came by; fathers and mothers picking up their kids. I watched as two or three kids jumped on a moped with their dads, ready to go home after a day of school. I waved at the girls with long braided hair.
In a few minutes most people were gone, and then the rains came, heavy and fast and in sheets.
I am glad for these moments.
I've uploaded a whole lot of photos to my Flickr account, mostly from Turkey and Israel. Also, our first post is up at Fly Fishes Fly! It's our new blog about life in India with our traveling family. The bonus to this new blog will be more practicalities of life overseas, plus the beauty of Chinua's writing in the mix. And photography. We'll get it all together a little bit more as we get internet at home. For now I'm really happy because I found a place to do internet that has faster speeds than dialup. Hooray!
We are temporarily in a little flat above a busy chowk (intersection) and yesterday at about 1:30 all the kids got out of school. They all wear uniforms, checkered shirts with navy shorts or skirts, and as they flocked out into the chowk, dozens of mopeds came by; fathers and mothers picking up their kids. I watched as two or three kids jumped on a moped with their dads, ready to go home after a day of school. I waved at the girls with long braided hair.
In a few minutes most people were gone, and then the rains came, heavy and fast and in sheets.
I am glad for these moments.
I've uploaded a whole lot of photos to my Flickr account, mostly from Turkey and Israel. Also, our first post is up at Fly Fishes Fly! It's our new blog about life in India with our traveling family. The bonus to this new blog will be more practicalities of life overseas, plus the beauty of Chinua's writing in the mix. And photography. We'll get it all together a little bit more as we get internet at home. For now I'm really happy because I found a place to do internet that has faster speeds than dialup. Hooray!
Reader Comments (4)
Beautiful - I love seeing kids in their uniforms....all crisp and nice looking, although I'm not sure if they're crisp in the monsoon weather.
I know those uniforms and that rain. Thanks for sharing. The photos are great too.
Hi Rae, glad to hear your family is doing well and adjusting easily! You inspire me:o) I would just love to travel to the places you've been. Morgan is going to Wales, Scotland and Isreal this year, he was in Isreal last year, too. Take care!
Soooo, do you hang the clothes to dry? or to wash? If you hang them in a monsoon is that called the rinse cycle?
What are you and the baby craving right now?
mark