We thought the noise up here would be minimal but that is not so! We hear every street sound and, this is a noisier time because of the wedding season. To the beating of drums, movie songs are played at an unbearable crescendo. It’s sheer madness.”
“Button, a penny for guessing what this is!
Knowing you and, had you been around, I guess your answer would have been: a cigarette stub/a piece of paper/a small twig!”
“Button, Moti’s in the habit of giving us heartbreaks and anxiety now and then! Remember me telling you that he had found this haven atop a wide boundary wall where he would sit and look skywards and converse with God?”
“What’s that?”
“Carnivores are non-vegetarians. Can you believe that the tomato and potato plants are non-vegetarian?”
“Button, read this: Parents of Clodagh, a 4-year old girl, who was heartbroken when she lost her teddy bear, went ahead and launched a social media campaign in order to reunite them! The teddy went missing at Dublin Zoo.”
“Button, books fade. Books grow old. The fact that this blog that you and I created is going and embedding itself somewhere out there in that cloud that’s taken the shape of a horse (look out of the window:It’s right there) boggles my mind!”
“Button, this is one of Mojo’s fave spots in our garden. She sits there when she’s pensive and watches the rain fall and fall.”
“Button, what’s with the rains! It’s been pouring non-stop since yesterday!”
“Button, in Sobo, the rains have not held for a moment since yesterday. But there has not been as much rain nearabouts the catchment areas!”
“Button, here’s a story from one of our pariah friends, Moti. Remember him? Felt like sharing it with you…”
I am Moti. I lived with a family on Carmichael Road who were very kind to me and took good care of me.
One fine day, a staff member beat me for no reason at all. In the process I bit him back so I could flee. I returned a couple of times only to be beaten again and again just like that!