This past weekend, we visited with dear friends. Although invited for lunch, we spent close to seven hours together. Their home has a walkout basement that opens up to a lovely, well groomed backyard “English” garden overlooking a conservation area with a large pond. Each plant has been handpicked, positioned creatively and nurtured by S …
Fruit laden trees
In his extensive collection Masnavi-i Ma’navi, the Sufi Master Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi alludes to the trees of the field and states, “Every tree that yields no fruit such as the pine and the cypress grows tall and straight, lifting up its head on high and sending all its branches upwards, whereas all the fruit …
Canada 150 … landed here!
Presenting to the House of Commons on October 20, 2011, Canada's Minister of Immigration said, “..last year Ipsos Reid did a global poll, from which they estimated that at least two billion people around the world would like to emigrate to Canada right now....” We were in that queue once and having arrived in March 1996, …
Canada 150 … getting there…
As we prepare to celebrate 150 years of Canada’s existence, Canadians are opening up to state “What Canada Means to Me.” Today I am exploring what India means to me and will address what Canada means to me in next week's blog. It is not possible to detach oneself from one’s roots. We remain a composite …
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