Jo’s Blog

Moy Moy’s disabilities revealed themselves to us gradually – partly because we just didn’t know much then and partly because, in addition to the Cerebral Palsy she was born with, she has a degenerative condition which has [...]

A confluence of unlikely events! An inspired leader (who also happens to be my husband). An over-protective District Magistrate. The Rain Gods. An amazing movie. What? Last week, Ravi saw a film that moved him so much he called me the moment he [...]

On the train to Delhi a few days ago, I watched a group of four men traveling together. They had the seats right in the middle of the chair car compartment – the ones which face each other – and, as is often the case when people [...]

Listen to the song first. The music is as powerful as the words. My famous last words Are laying around in tatters Sounding absurd Whatever I try But I love you And that’s all that really matters If this is goodbye If this is goodbye Your [...]

Being deaf is lonely. Life swirls around you while you miss the jokes, lose the thread, confuse the issues, and draw the wrong conclusions. People forget you even while you are sitting right there in front of them. By the time they remember, so [...]

This story is right up my alley of crazy, coincidental, meant-to-be-moments. Too many things colliding. Too many “signs.”  You all know I love signs. You all know I do not believe in random encounters. So here’s the scene. The [...]

“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”      Wendell Berry We’d like to believe it isn’t [...]