Phillip Wallens’s Reviews > World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments > Status Update

Monsoon - I felt transported to the humid village, as though I was vacationing with my own Indian grandmother. I felt the mosquito bites, heard the screeching peacocks, and felt the love of a grandchild being given a big kid ice cream out of pity for his young innocences.