with Sri Ganesh

- 05-08-10:

… So much noise and dust and the stink of tar, and the jarring voice of one of the masons chattering ceaselessly… I can’t see how we’ll be able to bring this place to some degree of quiet harmony before the Chaturthy day, on September 11; there is so much to do, and the garden is quite miserable under the combined assault of wind and dust and this bizarre white fungus which has attacked all hibiscus shrubs and even some other plants and trees such as some plumerias (not only here but everywhere in the area)…

Sri Ganesh, Mysterious Magician, Whose powers are not Over any force Or being

But are within, As if woven in The fabric of life, It is As if your very figure Was one With the song and movement Of creation, A constant renewal Of equilibrium – And as you let yourself Be seen, Your appearance always brings

The comforting surprise Of beauty and harmony And Profundity…

- 06-08-10:

Today Sri Ganesh You appear as

The Bard and the Jester, The knowing and cheerful Minstrel Of Her difficult Truth –

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