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Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 Saint John/New Brunswick     For most of us, the day is broken up into three parts – morning, afternoon, and evening.  How one initiates the day with a certain mindset impacts the rest of the day.  If my tone in the morning is one of adventure, anticipation, gratitude, welcoming, and meditative, it will likely carry throughout the rest of the day.   On that note of optimism, four of us, including Pierre, a local man of skill, integrity, and optimi

Monday, November 10th, 2025 Montreal/St. John     A long drive it was to the province of New Brunswick and to the loyalist city of Saint John.  Rain taxed us almost all day, but that did not create a certain boredom because we had each other’s association.  Nakula was the driver.  Nityananda and I were the passengers.  Nakula’s a life coach for men; the topic of socio/political concerns naturally occupied some of our time.  Nakula keeps himself busy with issues for men that l

Sunday, November 9th, 2025 Montreal, Quebec     A FIRST SNOW     A first snow With a mix of rain Twas months ago No cause to complain   I’m not the only one To make the sound The crunch is fun On a crisp/soggy ground   Footprints reveal more Have tread the trail There before In an inhale exhale   Pumping out breathe In excellent air That contradicts death On this night half fair   A man walked by With a hoodie on He cast no eye What could he have done?   Trees are ice cycled

Saturday, November 8th, 2025 Montreal, Quebec     Walking in an industrial park area near an airport is not the most glamourous setting.  Yet the air is relatively clean and it’s quiet, so that’s what you want and that’s what I’m getting.   The venue for our AGM Annual General Meetings in Montreal is at the Radisson Hotel where 108 registered leaders from ISKCON meet, sleep, eat, and make friends.  Apart from one of those personal vertigo attacks in our banquet hall, all was

Friday, November 7th, 2025 Montreal, Quebec     What a beautiful reinforcement!  There we were in the Banquet Hall of the Radison Hotel, 8 AM, singing our hearts out with fellow country men and women, all Hare Krishnas, some mature (been around) and others, newer kids on the block.    This was the start of a beautiful day, the start of an entire weekend when leaders of ISKCON from Zone 1 of North America came together to discuss what is important to them culturally and social

Thursday, November 6th, 2025 Montreal, Quebec     I arrived safely in Montreal for our AGM Annual General Meeting.  I came upon the following letter by our guru , A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada written August 24 th , 1968, when he was living in Montreal, addressed to the Right Honourable Michener, Governor General of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.   “ISKCON (The international Society of Krishna Consciousness) is a non-lucrative organization, whose purpose is to promote the wel