BookRix

yes i do. I have only cooked curry once or twice with mixed results - I think it is an art . Fortunately we have two curry houses in our local town and you can either sit in at table or take away.

I like korma, as it is creamy and mild sometimes with mango or coconut, chicken. And I also like tandoori, aloo saag, and I like naans, sweet nan and garlic naan. You are making me hungry girl! I like it when everyone orders different things and you can share and experiment with the different dishes. I also like chapatties and eating with my hands and a chappati.

Tell me what is the basis of a curry.? i will try to make one one . We can get mixed spices here or indeed separate from the Tesco supermarket although you can chat by buying a ready made meal.

We should be all becoming vegetarian for the sake of Karma, not killing animals and the planet.
kind regards
wildgoose

Oh yes. But are you vegetarian?
You do know a lot about Indian food!
I feel hungry too XD
Well there are many different types of curry, all of which come down to a few basic ingredients. You start with cooked onion, ginger, and garlic, add generous heaps of spices, and then bring it together with a liquid base. Indian curry cooking is more about technique than any recipe since the final flavor is dependent on the spices you like and have on hand.!

I am semi- buddhist and an environmentalist this means I try not to eat much meat. For example I don't eat beef. I do eat vegetarian food but i also eat a little chicken and bacon. I like samosas, and onion bajhis .
We readily get Indian food here in the supermarket.

In fact in Scotland the most popular dish is not fish and chips it is balti curry! You see following WW2 many people from India and Pakistan immigrated to work in the UK particularly in the cotton and jute industry. many set up corner shops selling everything. Their children grew up and went to college and university so now they are in government jobs and the professions such as doctors and dentists, teachers and lecturers.

London is very multicultural with all nationalities represented.
People from India and Pakistan are to found in Scotland too running restaurants, and in the professions.

Sourced of one of the oldest civilisations , your culture is a very old one and your people have a background of ability in languages and learning so it is unsurprising that they do so well.

wildgoose

:)

some cultures believe, (eg north american indian culture)that each person has a totem animal or bird - one that represents something of their character or their ambitions. For example;
tall eagle, laughing hare , crazy horse, grasshopper, white bird.
you too may have a totem animal or bird.
wildgoose

a totem is psychologically healthy because it can protect you and support you. For example you can soar with your totem if it is a bird, you can sing with it if it is a song bird , you can run with it if it is a horse, you can swim with it if it is a fish or a dolphin, you can be strong with it if it is a bear.
Choose one for yourself .
wildgoose

dance and singing are important to you so perhaps your totem animal should reflect that; some suggestions
The hummingbird, the oriole, skylark, the nightingale
wildgoose

yes its time for migration. geese are arriving here from Iceland and Greenland ; a lot will go on down to southern Scotland and parts of England for the winter.
Like the mask by the way.
wildgoose

no, each book is priced very low, under 2 euros ;I want people with little money to be able to read them and really I have not sold that many . Most writers are poor financially. They write because they have to .
wildgoose

Yes that's true. In 2 years I have only earned $80 before taxes here in bookrix but it's better now because I try to promote my book several times every day. My goal is to write a lot of books since I see that all my books sold. Well let's see.

Good luck with that. The life of a writer can be difficult, the reward is in the process.

The story and fiction have many roles - to take you out of yourself and your world, to entertain, to provide humour, to connect you with the human journey, to explore alternate worlds, to record and pass on the experience of the tribe, but there is also a crucial role and that is, by following the threads, by reliving the emotions of others you gain understanding of your own emotions and feelings and can achieve a healing.
In our time, symbolised by the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, technology, societal change and the pace of life threaten us with further dislocations, and the loss of the accompanying emotional threads, not only from our ancestral past but our recent past too – we need the story more than ever.

Other reasons for the story;
To record
To entertain.
To integrate new experiences into the collective mind set
Maintaining the language when it is being eroded (minority languages, dialects)
Introducing new words or concepts.
To transmit cultural values; taboos, ethics, to transmit an understanding of skilful or unskilful behaviour
To challenge accepted perceptions, beliefs
To articulate what others are feeling .
To raise awareness
To reflect your time
To celebrate life
To work with the magic around us, the parallel universes.
To work shamanistically, to connect this world with the other , to play with time and distance , to travel in time ,to speak across time

As writing was discovered this magic quality remained - the history of writing tells us that initially only certain people had the knowledge , (cf my story Druid ), a certain class ; scribes, priests, nuns. Writing was carved in stone ,(Egypt) laboriously hand written and illustrated. Today it is different. The writer is one of many, many voices and has to compete ( and sometimes cross relate ) with many media, film, tv, YouTube, blogs. Coupled with this is the ephemerality of the electronic age, impermanence, yet there is liberation -the gate keepers have been removed .
Also a story can reach you in a few seconds via ebook, film,etc.

process;

co- writing
be open; see , listen , feel, remember, record, communicate, interact. someone you encounter may have the germ or fragment you can use.
triggers ; emotional, eventful, artificial, experiential, reflective, descriptive
should your writing have an impact, inner intensity that is utterly compelling? sometimes ,sometimes not.
writer as observer ; standing to one side cf Pierre in War and Peace; use notebook ,make studies make, mind map plots, copy down conversations you overhear , study speech patterns, turn of phrase. Try to reach heightened awareness of narrative form around you. Record fragments for later use, incorporation.
Put yourself in the shoes of others , feel what they feel, see it from their point of view.

wildgoose March 2018

sorry was away
how has been your day?

sending flowers your way
and sunshine through the gloom of winter weather say
each little bird sings today
spring will carpet soon the forest floor
and a holly wreath upon your door
wildgoose

Its ok
depressing as usual....

adorable.

I could use a poem on my profile.....