What A Great Idea!
I stumbled upon this wonderful site by a happy accident and was soon totally immersed in it. Julie Oakley is a designer and artist who came up with an ingenious plan to increase her artistic output while getting a bit of exercise at the same time. Every day, for one year, she committed to walking […]
Worker Bees
So often, it’s the people behind the scenes who keep things ticking, keep things in order and keep the ship afloat. Vandana and Raksha are two of the hardest working people in the Foundation and they sit upstairs where no one sees them unless they take the trouble to make the climb. So today, I […]
Mother and Child
There is nothing on earth quite like the sight of a mother and her brand new baby. Nirmala is calling her little girl Angel, and it’s so easy to see why. Just look at that peaceful, beautiful face!
Dad in India
Proof that he is really here. The Times of India in hand. This is at my niece Manisha’s where we spent the first night. Dad seems to have reached an age where he is above the little details in life. India. America. Only names. Wherever you go, there you are. He is also very easy […]
Neighbors
This is just one view of the astonishing house being built two doors down from us. I intend to dribble them out slowly, for the entertainment of my readers. The people building this place started long before we began building ours. We took a year and a half, being lazy, and have been living in […]
How The West Wing Changed My Life
I started watching The West Wing, an American political TV drama around seven years ago. Anand was hooked on it and I would occasionally wander in while he was watching. At first, I found it incomprehensible. Everyone talked in mumbles and at great speed, there were references to things I couldn’t follow and it assumed […]
Jetlag Levels The Field
Lucy and the boys were DYING to go for an expedition to town. I told them I would finish up my work and be back from the office at 3:15 to drive them in. I was 15 minutes late and see what happened!
Pamper Heaven
I don’t expect anyone else to share the sheer jubilation Ravi and I experienced when this veritable mountain of Pampers (Size 6, ONLY PAMPERS, Green Box, Not Purple) arrived with Dad and Lucy. But take my word for it. Living a long way from a Walmart’s or a Sam’s Club, we have to stockpile and […]
Welcome Sign
Read the sign. I was at the airport for an hour before these guys emerged. I was standing there all excited, holding my welcome sign, to the amusement of all the others also waiting. Then the crew from American Airlines walked out, a little bleary-eyed. One of them saw my sign. She clutched her friend’s […]
Arrival
At last! Hard to believe this moment has actually come. Dad came out first,leaving Lucy to grapple with the bags and the Customs officials (how nice of the wheelchair guy to wear a blue shirt to provide that perfect balance for Dad’s red). And there she is! Back in India at last. (Those bags are […]