Something New

Well,

Reading War and Peace, arranging e-books, coding a wee li'l bit, sleeping forever. these have been some of my pastimes over the past few days. I now have a book to read... that I am looking forward to.. 'Treasury of Short stories'. It includes authors from around five centuries from all over the British Commonwealth (yes folks.. the Commonwealth... that once upon a time British Empire.. upon which, it was said, that the sun never set (i.e. "The sun never sets on the British Empire"). It starts off with a prose version of a poem by Chaucer .. and continues on with other magnificent works till recent times. 65 stories in all!! yet, as the intro says, to make an anthology is to place the attention on a few roses while ignoring all the other beautiful flowers of spring that are just as beautiful. But time is short.. and one has to make choices.
Speaking of spring.. is it here yet? It was snowing outside here when I last checked;). However various reports insist that the weather will warm up realll soon. Lets see.
I've been playing a bit with my nieces. And my rusty joints are beginning to creak;). And oh.. been listening to old songs galore. Yesterday, my uncle went down memory lane with www.raaga.com, listening to old songs from his time in India. This uncle was brought up in the US of A .. but he did his medical degree in India. And boy oh boy... he knows his Amitabh Bachchan. Some songs... my cousin hadn't listened to in like 20 years... songs from her teenage years..
songs from Disco Dancer... Silsila, ... Vijay,... etc :-) A bottle of wine ... and nostalgic music. Good Stuff.
And today was movie night along with shopping day. So a day of shopping at the mall for the kids (Outfits for a dance show that they are performing at the temple) followed by "Dude, where's the party" (hilarious movie) and followed by a bit of Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor. But then... the old folks and the young ones started falling asleep by midnight.. and the movie was paused.

Ohh totally forgot. I helped my cousin prepare the fish for her "Fish Fry". It came out great (hehehe... all credit to my cousin.. I only helped cut the fish) One niece made this awesome guacamole and another put the rice. And my poor cousin had to supervise us all. hehehe.

A few days ago, I had a dream. It seemed so realistic. 23rd morning... I dreamt a dream.. with my grandfather in it. He passed away in 2001, a few months after I came here. But he seemed so alive. His birthday's on the 20th of May. But somehow... in my dream, we ran up to him and wished him a happy belated birthday (we = my cousins and I). And we celebrated it. As we used to in days past. with a cake.. and balloons.. and all. It was a nice happy dream.. with a sad twist. Don't really remember it that well now.

"A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking." and now I am tired of thinking...