Sunday 1 October.
I woke up to the sound of raining. It rained the whole day. I just stayed in my room and worked on the quilt I was making for my granddaughter.
October 1st, 2006
October 2nd, 2006
Monday 2 October.
It was my scheduled day at the Meher Pilgrim Retreat. Continue Reading »
October 3rd, 2006
Tuesday 3 October.
I spent most of the day in my room working on the quilt. In the evening at 6:00 PM I had Samadhi duty.
October 4th, 2006
Wednesday 4 October.
I was up the hill by 5:30 AM to clean Mehera’s shrine. Then I went down the hill to get ready for my half-day at the Retreat. I took a rickshaw because the roads are too muddy and my wrists are too weak to risk riding my scooter.
Five pilgrims from Israel arrived, including my friend Michal, whom I had stayed with when I visited Israel with Virginia a couple of years ago.
Suzie has the afternoon at the Retreat. This left me free to video Diana Le Page in the Retreat Dining Hall where her sixteen paintings are on the walls. Diana went from each painting telling what she was trying to capture in the painting. Continue Reading »
October 5th, 2006
Thursday 5 October.
I woke up early and made tea for Jaloo. Goolu is no longer allowed to have any. My body feels sore from this Chickungunya. Continue Reading »
March 1st, 2007
Thursday 1 March 2007.
I had a car pick me up at 6:00 AM to go to Pune. I was there by 8:30 AM. One of my favorite restaurants, The Gourmet Restaurant, is closed for renovation. I usually have breakfast there when I go to Pune. This day I ate at the German Bakery, which is next door to it.
March 2nd, 2007
Friday 2 March.
I took our bus to the Trust Office. I had some errands to run in town. Plus, I wanted to renew my Satellite TV service for six months. I had to also renew my cell phone service. Because of problems with a certain Idea provider, I decided to go to the main service center in Ahmednagar to renew. Well, I found out that the original person I got my service from last year never put the cell phone number in my name. That guy was a crook! Anyway, this nice man had me fill another application. He said he would make sure the cell phone number was in my name within 48 hours.
March 3rd, 2007
Saturday 3 March.
I was up the hill by 5:30 AM. Mariko and Joseph helped me clean Baba’s Cabin Room. Then we were given a change of covers from Dolly. We changed all the covers from Baba’s Birthday. They were too fancy to keep on any longer.
March 4th, 2007
Sunday 4 March.
After my workout, I got ready to go to the Retreat. I rode with Adair. I brought my tripod and video camera. I had a 9:00 AM appointment with Flint Mednick. He designed and over saw the making of the framed tile-mosaic. We have it on the wall at the end of the verandah next to the Lobby. It is a beautiful piece of art and very interesting to hear him tell the story of how it was made. The attendees of the International Young Adult Sahavas made the mosaic. Since the Sahavas is only one week long, it took four years to complete. Yet, there were some pieces still needing to be put in place when Ted told Flint the mosaic had to be put up at the Retreat within two months. So, Flint and his wife, Jessica, spent a lot of time during those two months completing the mosaic.
March 5th, 2007
Monday 5 March.
I took a rickshaw to the Retreat. We still had almost 70 pilgrims, though a number departed that morning. But, then a number of pilgrims came.