Musings....

Well, i have days like these when I feel like being silly and want to leap for joy and try to reach for the sky! I seriously think its the beautiful weather and the colours of the season. A season that really doesn't last long enough for you to just savour its brilliance; Autumn.
As a child growing up in the Tropics the only seasons i ever experienced were hot, hotter,hottest mingled with a short season known as the 'Monsoon'. The hot weather i'd rather not delve into details because if you grew up in the cities of Mumbai or Chennai you'd understand why i'd rather refrain from doing so.
The monsoon was actually not so bad unless you had to venture out to your college,school or workplace. My fondest moments were those i spent during this wet season dancing in the rain, eating hot 'bhutta'(corn on the cob thats been charred on hot coals spiced with lime,chili and salt) sold by the vendor on a moving cart and later on sipping a nice 'kadak'(strong) 'chai"(tea) made by Suman mausi, our housekeeper. Even to this day i try to recreate those memories by reliving them at the first instance of rain.
But after leaving all that for a life of an 'desi' housewife in typical American suburbia I have grown to embrace the charms of the four seasons the East Coast has to offer. Winter,Spring,Summer and Fall. I will blog about those experiences in an other installment. For now i conclude this entry with a sigh and then a silly grin for you can take a girl out of her elment and expect her to behave in a certain manner. But hey! Would life be fun if i could transform my world into an episode from "Bewitched"? Mortals beware i'm about to twitch my nose.....