The sight of the sky turning intensely dark and a heavy downpour lasting for an hour flooded our courtyard and some parts fo our property!
The sight of the clouds turning dark and dusk setting in early was a strange experience to say the least! We escaped with no major damage, but people elsewhere in the state of Kerala suffered huge losses of houses and property in that late afternoon heavy downpour with strong winds. Some people including children lsat their lives.
This fury of nature is not so uncommon in the last two years. We have had state wide flooding and loss of human lives and property.
The climate watchers predicted incessant rain till 20th of this month.
During the last ten years since we began living in our cottage, it is one year, the rainy season has extended to about nine months. I find our property and the vegetations looking battered! This is the time when our rose bushes are usually full with flowers. But they have not sprouted well since they were pruned in May as the dry spell required for them to grow was denied to them.
This was a metaphor to me as I ruminated on this! The thick and dark cloud of economic stress since the COVID pandemic has hit people in our neighbourhood and they feel bereft of hope as return to normalcy is not in sight!
It is the time to live neighbour friendly and more liberal in mindfulness towards them and less indulgent on ourselves.
It is the time to bring hope and cheer by acts of kindness!
M.C.Mathew(text and poto)
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