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Wednesday, December 24th, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario It has been a common practice for me to begin a lengthy automobile journey without a vehicle. I’ll tell my principal driver, “While everyone is getting packed and ready, I’ll start walking. Just pick me up.” So that’s what a group of us, eleven in number, proceeded to accept. I started walking at 5:15 AM, when I met Wayne, our neighbour, who walks with his assistant dog and his walker device. “Do you celebrate Christmas?” he aske

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025 Downtown Toronto It is true that at this time of the year people are in good cheer, at least in this part of the world. My walking partner, Uddhava, and I experienced it for ourselves. My day was wonderfully occupied by leaders of our Yorkville drama and bhajan  as well. An excellent rehearsal ensued, but it was after such gatherings and sets for a material perspective (within our mission) that Uddhava and I encountered real nice folks along Yonge

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2025 Yorkville, Toronto Happy Winter Solstice! And on this fine day when daylight hours increase starting now, a group of fellows I’m training for The Gita are doing well. They are taking the practice as a service to Krishna. The teamwork is appreciated. The objective is to get tighter and tighter in the moves and gestures in enacting Krishna’s words and Arjuna’s reactions. It is only our 4th day in practice and there will be just one more before goi

Saturday, November 29th, 2025 Collingwood/Burlington, Ontario We were warned of an oncoming snowstorm.  Collingwood, our destination, is often dumped by winter weather rages coming from Georgian Bay.  It is what makes this town a popular ski resort area.  By our good fortune only a few white flakes had left less than a powdery look over the landscape.   Being a few minutes early for a sangha  engagement, my driver, Pradeep, and I decided to kill some time with a few steps on

Friday, November 28th, 2025 Ramsden Park, Toronto When you have been around in a village for over fifty years, you certainly get to know people that shared some of that space with you.  I don’t live in a village, but in Midtown of a major city in North America.  It does seem like the feel of a small town, though being in a temple atmosphere where so much is going on.  The place, 243 Avenue Road, is like a magnet drawing new interested people and also revered servers-of-the-te

Thursday, November 27th, 2025 Ramsden Park, Toronto     My philosophical injection for today after a catch up on rest from an air flight endurance test was over our Gita Zoom call.  Those early verses from Chapter Two of the Bhagavad-gita which translates as The Song of God , do somewhat rock the boat for Krishna’s dear friend, Arjuna.  Krishna exerts His might, asserting action and setting aside “impotence,” “impurity,” and “weakness of heart.”  Arjuna was declining to supp