It started raining daily now. Sky is dark most of the time. After maybe the hottest summer, it feels good to not sweat all the time and sleep better.
Acquired a new customer last week, after a pursuit of more than a year. The ups and downs, working with new people, trying different things, bouts of inspiration, thrill of doing something new. Building new teams is a tough challenge ahead, but for the moment it feels good.
We watched a movie, Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil (Malayalam) in the theatre on its first day, among cheering fans. We don’t normally do that, but this was an impulsive one. Its story had something new, but then it felt like they didn’t know where to take it. Few good laughs and loud and jarring music.
Finished 8th book of the year - “When we cease to understand the world” by Benjamin Labatut. It was a good read, in a new genre that is retelling the life of few scientists as a mix of fiction and nonfiction, with a touch of fantasy and philosophy. I hope to write a bit more of my takeaways from it later.
Watched Jurgen Klopp’s final football game as Liverpool manager. His clarity about his energy level reflecting on others, suffering with the losses, trying again, keeping high standards, loving people, developing young talent, being himself, speaking plainly, being humble - all these are the reason why I watched Liverpool games more than my first favourite Manchester United which seems to be going in opposite direction, through nightmares in all departments.
Nobel prize winning author Alice Munro passed away last week. I had read many of her short stories a few years back. I had an aversion to short stories since I felt that this format cannot explore characters and story in enough detail and it gets over before I am satisfied, but Alice Munro’s stories pack a lot and these stories changed my perception forever. When I read something, sometimes I wonder “If only I can write one sentence like that” - Alice Munro’s stories are full of such lines. In her memory, read the story A Bear Came Over the Mountain. New Yorker archives have some of her best stories.
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