I Need New Material
Here are some of the beautiful fabrics that the girls were deciding between for the new suits they want to have made. Trying to help, I pointed out a few for consideration. Let me just say that I am so grateful to these girls for teaching me some necessary personal lessons. First of all, that I use the expressions, "that's interesting..." and "wow" enough to send them into cascades of giggles every time I open my mouth. The second is a lesson in choosing fabrics at the market. The two fabrics I suggested were immediately blocked by the following comments: 1. "Hah! You'll die in that - that's a synthetic fabric. In the summer, you should only buy cotton." and 2. "No!! That looks like something out of the hippy-dippy sixties." Okay, so these are loosely quoted, but you get the picture. I am fabulously un-cool in India.