Quick–where in the world is Chennai, and what environmental disaster is it struggling with? I must admit I couldn’t have answered this a few months ago. But thanks to the Wonderful Wide Web, I have a new friend I’ve never met: a gentle man (or so he seems, because, remember, we’ve never met) in India named Christy Barath. Christy is a poet and a birder, or a birder and a poet–not sure which to put first. His blog, Verseherder, is the ONLY blog I follow, read, and even look forward to, simply from having blindly bumped into it in cyberspace.
Chennai (formerly Madras) is suffering from terrible floods. But that’s not why I invite you to read Christy’s words and see his images. I simply wish to introduce you to this vibrant, evocative, and completely un-American perspective on life, birds, and beauty.
Read this only if you have a few quiet moments. It will urge you to create more in your life.