someone directed me to the auruvedic place where they let me stay, fed me and put poultices on my back and waited for me to figure out my bank account.
the most amazing thing here for me is the light. i was up at first light this morning. there was a dusky rose/mauve coloring. slowly the neme trees around this guest house began emerging out of the haze. magnificent coloring.
oh and this guest house (i have moved back to the guest house from the auruvedic place making room for the next persons0 is back from the road everyday i walk toward the road and meet many herds of cows and goats, some of whom i am starting to recognize. i am led to pet some of the cows and they respond very well. i saw several of the indian cowherds with their cows heaping petting and loving attention on them.
on the bus to pondicherry from chennai i was sitting in the back which allowed me peace. they asked me to move to the front of the bus when we got near the auroville exit. then i could see what was happening on the road. very scary. it was a 4 lane road (2 lanes in each direction) and the drivers treated it as 8 lanes with various bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles, buses, autos moving in and out in chaotic fashion. it seems honking is a big part of the driving. my favorite site was of a full grown cow eating from the median extending its body into one full lane. all the drivers easily accommodated the cow, no one even honked at it.
i found a new book called vision of natural farming which is about b. save who is india’s fukuoka and about his age. so i will go visit his farm next which will be around the 23rd of december.
love to you all