morning walk

This morning Sam and I took a walk through the neigborhood. I decided to try to make it a time to talk to people. At the bakery I checked in with the worker whose fiance was in a horrible car accident. He let me know she will be flown out of the country for treatment. He seemed deeply thankful that I stopped by to ask and then offered sam and me breakfast. While walking on, I met a lady that I see occasionally and have no idea who she is. She always asks me for something and today she wanted me to employ her and then wanted Sam's old clothes. Next I ran into three lady street sweepers. They sit on the side of road mid morning for a chat break. They are always fun to talk to and we had a few good laughs. Next I saw some women sitting outside of a house. They used to work at this house and apparently the woman there promised money if they came back after 10 days. So they sat there waiting. They asked me for money and my old clothes. Then I walked by the charity hospital and talked to all sorts of women. One had a son and her husband in jail and was asking if I had any work for them since they were going into debt with the loss of income.

I could have told of each meeting in different posts. Each conversation was full of people's lives. But the same may happen tomorrow. Its amazing to be a part of life here.

The sites

Walking home from the store today I began to point out to Sam all the interesting things we get to see along the way. People, few bits of nature (e.g. a tree or two), richshaws, whole families on a motorcycle. I saw a pile of cloth on the side of the road and thought even that was interesting. But then I saw a hand in the pile. I was momentarily disturbed until I saw the man's head. The pile was actually a toothpick of a man curled up sleeping.