What a change from 60 years ago ! Here is Clinton Vaz my friend (I am a fan of his causes, though I have never met him and he knows only my name from Goanet) telling Goans all about the intricacies of Recycling and Composting to prepare for the monsoons in Goa.
If Clinton were 28 years old in 1960, he would be advising his Benaulim (that's where he comes from, I think) audience thus: Take all your dry firewood and store them in the barn to avoid the rain. Go to Margao and buy fresh sausages so that you can hang them over the wood fire in the kitchen to cure them. While in Margao buy saltfish and furniture at the Holy Spirit Fair. You can get better prices than other times. Keep a stock of the feni that was surplus this season. Comes in good use for gloomy rainy days. In fact good for everything. Buy all the herbs and medicines that you will require for 3 months. The village doctor does not make home calls since his motorcycle slips in the water. Buy rubber flip-flops. You will ruin your leather shoes and sandals in the wet mud. Catch frogs in fields and ponds. They provide good nutrition, are tasty and best of all free. Buy tobacco and beedis for your grandmother. if she is not happy, she will not cook those tasty dishes. Go to Joao the poder's house and tell him you agree to higher prices on very rainy days. If you don't do that, he'll skip your house and you'll have to settle for Canjee those mornings. Make sure of your stock of those jackfruit skins. You want good milk from your cows and goats in wet weather. And other advice in that vein. Roland. On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Clinton Vaz <[email protected]> wrote: > The monsoons should arrive soon. Clinton Vaz suggests a few pre-monsoon tips > to keeping your compost and recycling going through this monsoon season
