Written from Kanchipuram, just completed/edited: As I write, I think I hear the monkeys squabbling outside my window. Maybe not. I mean, wouldn't they be asleep at this hour? My curtains are drawn shut because it is only 4:30am. Jet lag has me up at this hour. If I [...]
Hello from Chennai, South India! I arrived at the Chennai airport yesterday, tired beyond tired. We went through immigration, collected our luggage, found our driver, and checked into our hotel around 4am. After a relaxing shower, it must have been 5am by the time I slipped into bed with [...]
PARADISE (I) Growing up, I attended Saints Peter and Paul Grade School and Andrean High School (named after Bishop Andrew Grutka). It was a big deal for me to go to Catholic school. My parents scrambled and worked long hours to pay the hefty tuition for my private school. [...]
I put together a slideshow for you (fast moving, not boring, less than three and a half minutes long)! Both retreat weeks are represented in the slideshow. The first week was devoted to Yoga + Culinary & Culture. The second week was devoted to Yoga + Hiking (+ Culture). [...]
(Written yesterday) We just left Siracusa, en route to the airport to pick up the group of yogis arriving today. Here are some photos from an island so beautiful, makes me feel I am living inside of a pearl: Ortigia. Borgia Palace visit and other scenes from Ortigia (below). [...]
