Spring is in the Air

It's really hot now in Bangalore, though we've had a little rain as well. Our plants have begun to recover from our time away, so Gilles is happier (though he still hasn't forgiven the maid for not watering them).

I just finished making a short video for a Red Cross fundraiser on March 30th. It's footage from my documentary to accompany an original song by an LA-based songwriter. It will be a mini-premiere for the documentary, which we're hoping to have out in some festivals for this summer.

In other news, I've started a new project, a short documentary about prominent deaf businesspeople in India. So far I've made contact with a juice stand owner, a tea stall owner, a sweet shop owner, and a tailor. The tailor is the most interesting for my film, because he has built his business up over the past 17 years and now employs 3 deaf and 5 hearing tailors in his shop. Plus it's right down the street from me. He received an award from the President of India a few years back and now he has a photo of the event on his business cards.

I was also just asked to translate the autobiography of a deaf person from French into English - I don't know if that's going to go anywhere, but it would be good experience for me!

We're leaving for Europe in a month - time has gone by really fast!