Sandman's apprentice

thus we dream...

the last day, for now, in varanasi...

a day of rare delights, chance meetings and acts of gentle kindness...of unnamed faces wishing safe trips, a pen portrait of oli and I in nandae's coffee place, sophia searching for wifi in the alleys and from ajai and the others in vishnu, hugs and an orange...a late train, midnight upon rails and chance meeting with julis upon the platform; a small jam on the train with her drums...

and an offer to sit and share mosquitoes in the calcutta night should my train be too late to find a room...

the kindness of others, a humbling joydriven delight of a day...