ten things eleven: diwali
1) oil your hair and put on a new shirt; tonight we set the jungle on fire.
2) cow worship day, wealth day, krishna killed the demon day, wealth day (reprise), husbands are allowed to show affection toward their wives in public day, brother sister love day
3) my ritual oil and herb ablution, which gave me a festive holiday rash
4) the seven hindu temple cakes on my way to the bus stop
-small child’s birthday cake
-wedding cake
-small child’s other birthday cake
-grocery store generic slap-dash cake
-unfrosted cake
-opulent 50th wedding anniversary cake
-baptist luncheon sheet cake
5) party time with the village disco ball
6) a different sweet every day, every day a different sweet
7) who says the blind can’t enjoy hand-held fireworks? not me.
8)
9) lupine
10) fireworks (even diwali crackers) still = S.W., euphamized 4 july 2006
2) cow worship day, wealth day, krishna killed the demon day, wealth day (reprise), husbands are allowed to show affection toward their wives in public day, brother sister love day
3) my ritual oil and herb ablution, which gave me a festive holiday rash
4) the seven hindu temple cakes on my way to the bus stop
-small child’s birthday cake
-wedding cake
-small child’s other birthday cake
-grocery store generic slap-dash cake
-unfrosted cake
-opulent 50th wedding anniversary cake
-baptist luncheon sheet cake
5) party time with the village disco ball
6) a different sweet every day, every day a different sweet
7) who says the blind can’t enjoy hand-held fireworks? not me.
8)
9) lupine
10) fireworks (even diwali crackers) still = S.W., euphamized 4 july 2006
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