Chinook, Charles and Chanya-cholis

I got my copy of the Chinook book yesterday. It is rich with resources and coupons with great deals on eco friendly purchases. I am very excited about it especially as it includes quite a few Eastside resources as well.
Navratri season is here. I know because my brand new chanya-choli doesn’t fit me anymore. It probaby never did – and the choli was completely backless. Don’t know what I was thinking when I bought that on the street in Ahmedabad! Wardrobe issues notwithstanding, we had a blast with Garba over two weekends. I enjoy this more and more each year. I had forgotten how much fun dandiya is -especially when you come face to face with the little ones meticulously holding up their sticks to the adults. There were more interesting looking folks this year – the crowd is getting more and more eclectic each year which lends to the fun of the entire experience. My feet are still sore from the frenzied dancing – but surprisingly the dancing felt very calm and rested after the chaos that I have been dealing with at work.
I finally mustered the confidence and took on the role of meeting Toastmaster last week. In the general giving spirit in the air, I picked the theme “Your favorite charity” and we had some meaningful fun with it.
PBS will air a documentary this week on Charles Schulz. There was a newspaper article about a recent biography that details that Schulz had a complicated inner life. Who doesn’t? We are approaching a phase in press and news where ”complicated inner life” will stop being newsworthy, and reporter and authors will have to find something else to pouplarize their writing upon. Like – the person of interest had a morbid fear of purple socks and gasoline powered cars.
I have started to work weekends again. My days have been chaotic with one endless stream of meetings, work, sleep, more work. Technology has made multitasking convenient but I am still one person – wish there were more of me. Other than email and laptop fatigue, I am hoping that the chaos dies down and I will be able to look back and laugh at the stress someday.