two of us sending postcards, writing letters

ruth left last night. for awhile the three of us were a bit of a rickshaw-borne wreck, but by the time we saw her off past the final security guard, we'd realized that it was a time to rejoice and that we'll be reunited before we know it. no mushy stuff on the blog.

while we were dropping ruth off at the airport, we got a new roommate. her name's corina and she's from switzerland. she'll be with us for a few weeks and she's a physical therapist. her mind's being blown by beena's (a beautiful and sweet panchakarma therapist) ayurvedic masage techniques, but she's hoping to integrate some of these moves with her western training.

since then, i've made a garden map while dede weeded in the garden, we planted a new mossy floor on the playground, done so much yoga, had dosa thursday (dosas are a southern food. they're made of pureed black lentils, rice, water, a little salt and some onion and are pretty comparable to crepes. we had them with coconut/cilantro chutney, aloo (potatos), and leftover mattar (peas). nobody beats Jayshree's cooking), we almost finished our sculpture, we've been interviewed numerous times by journalists hanging around Sambhavna, and studied hindi diligently.

we're anticipating an awesome retreat this weekend with a some sambhavna workers and the rest of the volunteers.

also, scroll down because there are tons of new posts down there. we're finally catching up after an intense backblog.