Reminiscences 02 Comments

You describe a society in which giving is one channel of distributing resources. Travel is not convenient, but hospitable customs bring connection with the outside world. I hope the connections you describe can regrow.

i DON'T SEE them...yet. Remind me if I don't get back to check again and respond, please. : ) bri p.s. The same is true (maybe) for your The Swan And Me.

I'm looking for the comments I left and for your 'rejoinders' [[ REJOINDER: 'An answer, especially to a reply. An answer to a reply; in general, an answer.' ]]

6) for Bri. Occasional showers will continue throughout the rest of the year. The saying I cited says that if it starts to rain by sunset, it would rain continuously through the night. Exactly like a guest, who happens to drop in in the evening. Hope Bri appreciates

5) for Bri. The South East Monsoon comes by the middle of October and lasts for about a month.

4) for Bri. In agriculture, in those days, everything revolved around "rains". And we had abundance of them. Two monsoons irrigated our crops. The South-West Monsoon sets in on June 01 and lasts until September

3) on Bri's comments. It is "RAINS". Although my father had another gainful occupation as a teacher, our household was predominantly agrarian

2) On Comments of Bri. He asks whether I meant ‘rains' or ‘reins' in the concluding lines. Here

Bri Edwards has commented on the poem at length. May I answer a couple of doubts he has aired. About the tiny domestic chicken farm. I would retain "TOO".

3 1/2 or 4 [I've give 4] stars. ;)

I believe you are saying that unexpected guests had few or no alternatives for lodging and meals while traveling away from their homes so their best (or only reasonable & comfortabe) 'choice' was visiting a relative. bri ;)

(cont.) 'volition /və-lĭsh′ən/ noun The act of making a conscious choice or decision. 'He left of his own volition.' '

'Guests, of course, had no choice and rains, on their own volition. But no longer.' Do you mean 'reins', as in: 'A means of restraining or checking. 'kept a tight rein on expenditures.' A means of controlling or directing. 'the reins of government.'? ? ? (cont.)

stanza 3: 'We had too.' I wonder if you meant 'too' or 'to' or 'two'. Hmm?

stanza 3: I laughed at 'albeit uninvited' here 'to prepare an extra dish for the guest, albeit uninvited.' This story iS INTERESTING. : )

It is a very interesting write about the village life of your childhood days.