Sooni

Did i get the cuckoo? Tried to record its call...can hear it all day from early in the morning to late in the evening! Would hear it in Bangalore and would imitate its call and when it 'answered' would be thrilled!
Cooped up in self-isolation worrying about the covid statistics, I wonder how on earth did I catch the bug?! Of course, I know....let my guard down a bit like everyone else. Had moved on from the fear of it...that year-long gradual shift....
The positive report pulled the ground from under my feet! There was a flurry of activity, building society to be informed, while the Municipality health department started calling, the doctor to be told, the maid to be informed....sisters...I reached out to them first.
Then friends...
All these relationships - have sustained me during this past week. Hurried messages throughout the day... How are you? How do you feel now, calls from unexpected acquaintances...these have kept me comforted and positive. And I haven't had it too bad. Sometimes I think maybe the reports got mixed up!
Didn't I start with talking about the summer? How did I get here?!
Yes! so - summer....there used to be this day, sometime in March, where I would definitely be able to say, ah summer has started today. But I am not able to pinpoint it now. But the cuckoo knows when and calls it out.- and I will rely on it from now on