today

These creatures come into my home every night to nibble food and drink water. At 2:30 am at night, they are surely there. Though very small, it is a joy to see them. Their preference: Fresh iceberg lettuce, recently from the cold shelf of the supermarket. Ordinary lettuce comes as a very poor second choice, with coriander leaves and other green vegetables way behind. These creatures are very lucky and live very well. After their dinner they go for a stroll in the house. Before dawn, they disappear.

They make up to some extent for the fact that there are no cows around here, or little black pigs, which still IMO make life much more cheerful in some parts of Mumbai. There are still some left in Vasai. When I think of the cows of Mumbai I remember the Joni Michell song that has the line "They paved paradise And put up a parking lot". The cows of Mumbai are Gods, nobody should think any different. I can only hope that if they do, they will find out before too late. Simply sentiment ? With global warming on us, and the need for AC even in London, England ? I think not.