#storiesofold

[blogdecjunior]

At the sun lit verandah

This is about a fragment of my mother’s memory I’m hoping to immortalize here.  It takes place at her mother’s, at the time when she used to visit them during her school vacations. The words Muthassan (meaning ‘Grandfather’) and Muthassi (meaning 'Grandmother’) refers to my great grandparents here.

I’ve used some other words to sustain the eloquence of my first language and the rich play of dialects.

Every Sunday morning, the lanky paper boy would leave the weekly magazine along with the newspaper at the beginning of their driveway, way before the hamlet wakes up. Muthassan would get up, walk the whole pathway, slowly, under the arching cashew trees, as they filter the morning sunshine into fine quanta of goodness, to see if the boy had left the paper for him. He’d get back way faster, as he could no longer wait to read the sequel of some classy Bengali novel on the magazine, which he said he adored.

After having breakfast, usually Idli with Muthassi’s Chutney, well seasoned with the red chilly, he’d read the paper and listen to the day’s briefing on the small transistor he owned, sitting candidly on his magnificent deck chair in the verandah.

The verandah was simply aesthetic. It was built a bit high above the ground with two round poles on either side of the steps. Views from the deck of the verandah offered a picturesque sight of the garden and the backyard filled with the evergreen canopy of tall trees blocking most of the sunlight.  The deck chair, made of mahogany, was positioned at the right side of the verandah, facing outside, allowing him to instantly spot anybody coming to visit him.

By midday, the skies above their heads would’ve turned spotless blue and Muthassi would’ve finished most of the works in the kitchen and have sat down on the deck of the verandah, carefully stroking her luxuriant hair.

Then Muthassan would start reading the magazine, The Mathrubhumi Weekly. Loudly, but gently in his orotund voice, he’d read each line to his beloved, as his voice reverberate through the infinite time of the Ollukkara.

The kids would gather too, as it was only a weekly experience.

Sometimes, Muthassi would get complete lost in fixing her hair or in the voice of the wind, still he would read on.

It was his way of being grateful and an expression his unconditional love, it seems.

O, Lord of Guruvayoor, the supreme and the powerful, letteth thy grace be with them, forever.

[puillustrated]

🏵🐍Jormungandr is done and shop updated. (check bio link) The depiction of the world serpent here is of the animistic and pagan druidry nature, of harmony and reverance of the natural world. The primordial giant and river are entwine to life, giving and nourishment of Yggdrasil, spirits and the cosmos. A coiling guardian that keeps the old world in balance. At the zenith of Ragnorok, Thor and Jormungandr's clash brought on the inevitable dawn of a new age. Here lies the garden, eve to mankind's cornerstone. #puillustrated #jormungandr #norse #pagan #serpent #naturalorder #naturalchaos #mixedmedia #gouache #watercolor #yggdrasil #cosmos #storiesofold (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW9FdCyrIre/?utm_medium=tumblr

[elizapdushku]

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[evilpawnjewelry]

When I was a child, my Grandmother would tell me about the great Kraken, a great spirit of the water. She told me different stories of it’s incarnations such as the Hafgufa and the Leviathan. She explained to me the difference between the stories of the Elder gods and the stories that have been entangled in them by new waves of pop culture movies. This confusion is purposeful and most people may not believe but do refer to Hollywood movies when they hear the word; Kraken or think about mythology in general. Such a pity. She told me about how some sea monsters look like land or rocks and will keep this pose even after stepping on them. Some wait until you go too far from real land to feel your terror as they sink you down into the depths. Reminds me of some humans we may know. Ah, as above so below my friends. The Kraken is more than just a monster in the depths. It is the beginning and the end. This world has ended so many times and we can recall its layers in our Deja vu but when does the fog lift and give us the true vision in which we seek? This world ends every time by the same means; not by fire, nuclear warfare, or even war itself. Each time it ends by water. Only to dry out exposing the pyramids and cave paintings once again. Only to have us walk to the greenery edges and see the mallow leaf; and think it was a dream’s recall. But the chicken and the egg race makes us dismiss such messages. As the water rises to claim us once again I hear my Grandmother tell me about the Kraken melting his icy chambers and calling his watery army to rise. Time is that of a circle and the arms of the clock have repeated many times and will continue until we get it right. #CornerWorld #kraken #waterworld #rotd #ringsoftheday #rings #epj #ringsofinstagram #stackablerings #naturalNails #nofilter #cameo #skull #midi #evilpawnjewelry #quartz #crystals #crystal #earth #earthmedicine #crueltyfree #vegan #obsidian #moonphase #gods #eldergods #storiesOfOld #adornyourselfinmetal #adornyourselfinquartz

[melodywhore]

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[strikeboogie]

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