Today has been so bad for my mental and physical health that I'd decided I would starve myself rather than eat. I'd even stopped drinking water. Then I saw the birds and squirrels going hungry in my garden. I felt bad for them, and put some rice, puffed as well as raw, plus some biscuits together for them to eat.

I think they were having a fairly nice time until one of the two stray dogs I feed, who have basically made my area their crash zone, turned up to chase the squirrels, who promptly disappeared up the neem tree. My boy was actually smiling (unfortunately not caught on video).

Finally I put in the call for the goddamn takeout lunch.

Happy #GaneshChaturthi May those who seek to rob you of your comfort and joy also find the strength to endure the pain and hardship that you have endured on your path to your place of comfort and joy.

(Apologies for the video quality; it was shot on a phone, and editing it made it weirdly laggy. The original is almost six minutes in duration.)