India, April 12 -- Dear Reader,

A woman full of thought

comes home

she places her rucksack on the dining table

her bunch of keys, her laptop, her notebook

she puts them down on the table.

she puts the sunlight streaming in from the French windows

the hum of a grass cutting machine, the beating of temple drums

the cosiness of a patchwork quilt, the chewiness of bread

the creaking of wooden stairs

she places there

the books she read

Damascus Station and

The Lion Women of Tehran.

on the table the woman puts

things that happened in her mind

what she wants to do with the rest of her life.

her mother's illness, her father's frailness

the worry that her girls will be alright

find the right person

have happy lives

she reaches...