Monday 28 September

Nadav was so happy. He is a caring, sensitive host.
I arrived early to help him get things ready.
Then Christoph came in like a swaying tree ... rippling leaves in a gentle wind.
And then Anny, smiling, radiating warmth.
Finally Olivier called. Nadav and I met him under the solar street light at Transition/Future School corner.
Olivier is a Frenchman living in Auroville for 20 years. He is a 'gentleman' (this compliment given by another Aurovilian 'gentleman'). He took the spontaneous invitation in stride (it helped that Martanda had made the call on behalf of Nadav).

The food was excellent: thank you Nadav.
The conversation was interesting and fun. Easy. Natural. Open.

What can I say?
I had to call.

New dinner plans for next Tuesday :0)

Calling on someone new to me

Joyful.
Curious.
Inspired.
Spontaneous.
Full of gratitude.

Reaching out.

Calling:
Brrrring....brrrrring....brrrrriiiinnnnnggggg.....
"Hello?"
"Hello. My name is Amy and I'd like to invite you over for dinner."

The adventure ....
.....continues .....

next Tuesday 6 October
with Mahalingham and his wife Mayavathy.

PS....that is ... Tuesday 13 October (had to postpone) ... ahhh ... a little waiting is alright :0)

Nadav right-on

  Monday the 29th Septemer at 19h I was invited to dinner to Nadav's; Amy spoke on the phone..how did she get there? Nadav had randomly chosen Olivier (Revelation)..Christoph too was there. Who is that? I declined the offer as I had a craving for pizza and it sounded like there were plenty to tango.
Next day, I bump in to Olivier in the village , a big smile on his face he confirms it was super! On rode off..something like that.
Riding to CSR, we happened to pass Nadav on his cycle smiling! Olivier just rode past us and big smiles were exchanged! Ah, what a smile can do? From the conventional head-jerk-to-the-side (picture it?) greetings we give each other on the road. LOL
We stop all excited to hear Nadav share his story. Attentively listening as he wanted us to post it on the blog and to hear the marvels of the HFU (Human Food Unity)
He described who Olivier, the man – the walker, was being in Auroville. I will let you randomly select him for dinner and find out for yourselves this amazing person.
He started describing each ones story..we were glued to the screen. Smiles bigger then they could get. As he mentioned Christoph, the film maker, new him from the film festival – you see Nadav was the hero of the Auroville Film Festival (that clip got 2nd place – right?) correct me if I go off track Nadav! So we giggled and a bike halts besides us and a man with a hat exclaims to Nadav “wow, you were super in the clip..i watched it..very nice! Nadav giggles and the man on the bike drives off making a jest that Nadav made in the clip. What was it? You raised your shirt up...something..something.
So that is how Christoph and Nadav got to know each other! Over a meal!
I will let Amy tell her story.
Dare you to invite someone randomly over for dinner next week!

Human Food RE-Unity

We’ve been talking about Human Food Unity to anyone who will listen. People from all parts of Auroville have offered great advice, but tonight we received the most beautiful feedback to date.

At the Aurogreen potluck, a little boy told us we had named the project incorrectly. “It should be called Human Food RE-Unity,” he explained, “because people used to get together over food, and somehow only recently we’ve lost that.”

Here’s another attempt to regain what was once already found…