by Sharani | Mar 22, 2009 | Rocky Neck State Park
Driving home from New York City to Rhode Island today, we took the Throggs Neck Bridge to the Hutch to 95 North. The route is a familiar one because I travel often to New York to attend meditations at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Jamaica, Queens. While on the...
by Sharani | Mar 20, 2009 | Crocus, First Day of Spring, Flower Power, Nature, Spring
Since my favicon for this blog is a miniature of a photo of a crocus that I took in my front yard last year, it only seems fitting that I herald the first day of Spring and the first flowers to bloom in my yard a few days ago – some purple crocuses. Here is a...
by Sharani | Jan 26, 2009 | Acts of Kindness Day, Sri Chinmoy
A very special monument to peace can be found in the port of the city of Oslo, at Akker Brygge, a complex along the water of shops, cafes, sculpture, and boat and ferry docking. It is frequented by thousands since the cruise ships dock here upon arrival in Oslo. ...
by Sharani | Jan 21, 2009 | Elizabeth Anderson, Inaugural Poem
Maybe it’s not a surprise that the Inaugural Poem “Praise Song for the Day” struck a chord with me when I heard Elizabeth Alexander recite her commissioned poem to mark today’s Presidential Inauguration. I do love poetry. And that is why I am...
by Sharani | Dec 24, 2008 | Uncategorized