Monday Morning Mojo

Privilege

While I was in Delhi, India. last month I was overwhelmed by the living conditions of so many people. Their accommodations reminded me of how I live when I am camping except my situation is extremely temporary, by choice, and in the wilderness. Theirs is permanent, existential, and in a crowded urban landscape. What is […]

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Beauty

Both of the hotels we stayed in during our trip to India put fresh rose petals out daily. I particularly enjoyed the golden marigolds combined with the bright red of the roses. When I catch myself feeling anxious or obsessing about something that is not helpful, I start to look for beauty in the world

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Time Shift

Going to India, you lose a day. We did it in two legs of about 8 hours each with a 5-hour layover. With time to and from the airport, it turned into a 26-hour experience. We left on a Wednesday night and got in early in the morning on Friday. Thursday all but disappeared in

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Mystical Experience

My whole life long I have had wonderful, exceptional experiences that cause me great wonder. This week was no different. I am writing this week’s Monday Morning Mojo from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India. My wife, daughter, and I are concluding a ten-day visit. Eight days in Delhi; two in Agra. We came

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Sacred Bonds

12 1/2 years ago we had a powerful experience in the (Bahai) Lotus temple here in Delhi, where I am today. It was Gandhi‘s birthday and thousands of people were going inside. We joined them and went in tranches of a couple hundred people to sit and pray inside the temple. Laura and I had

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Finding the Miracle

Laura and I found ourselves unexpectedly in Buffalo, New York, last Tuesday. We had to complete some preparations for our India trip. We leave this Tuesday. It was a day of rising with the sun and then completing a lot of administrative tasks. A good friend asked us if we were going to visit the

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People and their Pets

When I was a kid I loved to stay up later than my parents wished and watch the Grade-B horror movies that aired in the middle of the night. Frankenstein, Dracula, and of course, the Werewolf. I was a fan of the stars, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney, Jr. What I

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Laura’s New Album!

One of the greatest joys of my life is watching my wife, Laura Baron, create and perform music. I get to see her develop songs from scratch, go into the studio, and bring home tales of wonderful musicians as she and her exceptional producer, Marco Delmar, bring the arrangements to life. And because she does almost

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Driving Lessons

Ruchi has her learner’s permit and in Maryland, she needs to put in 60 hours of driving plus take a class that provides both knowledge and experience. Yesterday and today she and I went out to fulfill the first two hours. I loved it and she is doing great. I love teaching and teaching my

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