Welcome to the Secret Lives of Water Drops. A story, an adventure, a tribute to my family and friends around the world.
Please welcome to our family of retailers, the two newest bookstores to carry Secret Lives of Water Drops: Russian River Books and Letters located in downtown Guerneville, California. And Poet’s Corner Book Shop located in Duncans Mills, California.
We’re excited that Copperfield’s Books has joined our family of featured retailers for Secret Lives of Water Drops.
Introduction
It was many years ago in the month of December when a large drop of water started to collect itself on a papaya leaf in the early morning light. I had been roused from sleep by a noisy yellow-billed toucan sitting on one of the papaya’s branches barely six feet away. It was still several minutes before the rosy-fingered dawn and I was unable to distinguish the many colors of the jungle - or to see almost anything. Yet, in my daze, I knew this moment marked the beginning of an extraordinary adventure.
Illustration by Sudipta Dasgupta
Here I was, in Costa Rica, perched high on a balcony overlooking the bay of the Pacific Ocean (Golfo de Nicoya), with my bare feet resting on the cool tile - grey and cream-colored 9-by-9 inch squares. It was my first morning in this strange country, but soon I would be transported to another place altogether: right into the secret lives of water drops (and the rest of this story will be told by the water drops themselves!)
Illustration by Sudipta Dasgupta