Monday Morning Mojo

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 […]

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

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

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

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

This great man and beacon would be 95 today if he had not been cut down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968. He remains a bright, guiding light for me. Here are some of my favorite quotes: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can

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

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

In early February my family returns to India. For Laura and I, it is our second trip. For our daughter, Ruchi, it is the first trip home since she came to live with us thirteen years ago. It will be much more than a vacation. It will be a personal milestone and a defining experience.

I took my daughter, Ruchi, and our two dogs, Divya the puppy, and Kaya the German shepherd, to a local campground last Friday night. It was a first for Ruchi and Divya and we had a blast. As always the trip was full of adventures. Here’s two: 1. After dark a group of eight cyclists