dear r

Dear r

Our syllabus has launched

I wonder if v attended it

He's now teaching lit

You and he hahah both hurt me and i hurt you and I think we all learned a lot and grew up a lot and hopefully are better people now for our brush with one another

Life huh

Now my challenges are my teenage children. One rebellious, hard to converse with the other well, dealing with chronic illness at a very very young age, since 10! 

We are nothing if not for these challenges. And i love them for it. 

thiru2kurallpll

அகர முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி

பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு

I had thought this kural to be about the start of the alpahabet but found the idea of aah being the start of language, as mentioned in lesson one, even more powerful. 

We don't learn letters as children we learn sounds. Babies babble aah, because it is an opening of the lungs and vocal chords and mouth, and also heart and mind, to take in the world as it reveals itself to a child. 

And if we think of the sound Aum as being the primordial sound of the ocean as it hums along the equator, and the sound of the waves that wash our shores as the heaving breath of earth herself, this kural has even more impact, suggesting god or the creator starts the world with this sound, Aah, and speaks to us through the sounds of the ocean and wind. Indeed this kural itself has both the long and short sounds of Aa and aah within... the short and long of how language and sound begins. 

I like the "ellam" within the kural too. All encompassing. Breath, sound, god.

அகர முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி

பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு

dukkah tahini roasted cauliflower

Create marinade

Toss cauliflowers in it

Air fry it 8 min ( 4 min toss up). or bake it - 40 min

A. Wash cauliflower in hot water with salt and manjal

B. Prep Marinade 

1. Extra virgin olive oil

2. Salt

3. Black pepper

4. Italian herbs generous amount

5. Paprika 

6. Cayenne pepper a pinch

7. Manjal a pinch

8. Lemon juice

9. dukkah

10. 1 tablespoon tahini

C. Toss cauliflower in this mixture until well coated

D. Pop in over for 40 min and then 5 min in air fryer Or air fryer from the start for about 8 min total

 

witing journey

You ask me to write 

of how i became a writer

I watch my children write and wonder 

Does this too pass in the blood, 

My mother who loves to read 

My father who tells stories like conjuring water from a fountain

Who revelled in my kiddy rhymes

Till i felt i could write, maybe, thensecret thrill when i was announced a poet 

But baby steps only

That now spills over to see the 11 year olds stories

And i know this just grows and grows 

F