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You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.
– Miriam Adeney
Outtakes & Bloopers
We made it home safe and sound… just ahead of Hurricane Irene’s march up the eastern seaboard. As I was thinking back on the week this morning while trying to hold my ‘standing head to knee’ pose in yoga, I
Short Trip to my Beloved India
Friday — April 21, 2012 It has been far too long since I last set foot on India soil. I leave tomorrow to make the trek halfway around the planet — stopping briefly in Chicago and then Abu Dhabi before
Arabian Nights
Sunday — April 22, 2021 — touchdown in UAE!Fly fly away! We had a little unplanned detour through Toronto – apparently to pick up enough passengers to fill the plane to the brim! If we had flown straight to Abu
Welcome Back!
Monday — April 23, 2012 I arrived in Bangalore right on schedule — 4am, ugggh — and with all luggage accounted for. (I always find myself saying a little silent prayer as that luggage belt rolls around….. hoping/praying/begging for my
Wonderful day at the office
Monday morning — April 23, 2012 Bet you don’t hear that much from me! Today was a very loud day. I told Sareen I was thankful he wasn’t there to “shush” me (he’s in Tokyo, will get to see him
India Investing
Monday afternoon — April 23, 2012 One of my “side projects” for this trip was to sell a gold bangle I purchased several years ago. As luck would have it, gold prices have increased nearly 50% since I bought the
An Auspicious Day
Tuesday morning — breakfast My 24-hour settling in period has expired and now the real work begins. I checked so many things off “the list” yesterday — bought gold on an auspicious day (check), took my wicked maharjah shoes to
Mission Accomplished
Tuesday mid-day — April 24, 2012 Every work day should begin with an adventure! I found an opening in my schedule and dashed to Commercial Street this morning to enjoy a couple of hours of “guerilla shopping”… With list in hand, I
If the shoe fits…
Clearly, they have been awaiting my return to launch the new line of bling-shoes named in my honor!