Yesterday someone asked Patricia if I were her muse. My answer is emphatically no. Nevertheless I have to admit that I was instrumental in producing her A Monkey's Tale.  Therefore, with the greatest of pleasure, I announce her appearance at One More Page at 2200 Westmoreland Street in Falls Church, Virginia on Thursday April 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm. Yours truly will also be in attendance. 

Dear Hanuman-Ji,
Do you have any predictions for 2012? Do you think they will find the Higgs Boson?
Signed, Just Curious

Dear Just,
Thinking optimistically, as is always best, one can predict a wonderful year with full entertainments and adventures. What goes around will certainly come around, and what goes up will come down.  Also there will be a lot of rain.
As for the Higgs boson, I didn't know it was lost.
Yours as ever,
Hanuman the Monkey God
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Dear Hanuman,

I'm thinking about several things. Would you share your thoughts?
If you are a monkey, how do you know so much about people?
The world is such a big place. But we meet people who make it feel much smaller - in a good way.
If paying debts is living in the past, and paying cash is living in the present, wouldn't it be great to save for living in the future?

Thanks for your wisdom,

Aebaker716

Dear AE,

In answer to the first question, I am monkey in form only. As a deity, I am privileged to know everything about everything. Impressive, isn’t it? Aside from that, monkeys know quite a bit about people, since people engage in a lot of monkey business.

Regarding your comment on altering the size of the world, I agree.  I myself have a talent for changing size at will. I once ate the sun by accident, having mistaken it for a mango. As an expert on issues of dimension and familiarity, I can vouch for the fact that a room can feel pretty cozy when people become expansive.

I am somewhat at a loss to answer your question about savings, although your suggestion seems prudent. I have never quite been able to grasp the idea of living in the past or future, since all time exists in the present, or at least in some cosmic proportion to space. Consequently starlight is always quite tardy, arriving light years after shining, thus contributing to our burgeoning stellar debt. You might be able to reverse the process by having starlight arrive before it shines, but there are some who say the eternal now only travels in one direction. One can cry over spilt milk, but there’s no putting it back in the broken glass. Living to save the future is also a nice idea.

Thank you for your comments. Keep those thoughts coming. Sometimes it helps to hang upside down.

Yours eternally, Hanuman the Monkey God

In answer to the previous post, Karen noted that my dear amanuensis had erred grammatically, if not conceptually. Karen, as you surmised, I was deferring. On the question of differing, you raise an interesting point. Perhaps in the eyes of the One Divine, none of us differ and yet we all do, and yours truly especially.

Dear Hanuman,
I am an atheist. Why should I believe you?
Signed, Skeptic

Dear Skeptic,
You shouldn't should yourself. Aside from that, I suspect you already believe in me as you have taken the time to inquire. Aside from that, I suggest you eat raw fruit in the morning to relieve that sluggishness. Don't ask me how I know. I am divine.
Yours ever,
Hanuman, the Monkey God