Yes friends, I'm alive!!
I have been having guests.  Two of my brothers from the US visited with me back to back (one came and the day he left, the other one came).  It was good to have them with me and while my younger brother visited, we sang all the old songs.
Now my son is here and very soon the family, as there are some weddings coming up.  And then it is Onam, our lovely Kerala festival.  So probably very little blogging after that.  I will put up pictures of our flower carpet (athapoo) after our school Onam celebrations on Wednesday.