Monday,
March 20th, 2017
Russell,
Ontario
Pedestrian
Horse
Daivata and
I drove along Boundary
Road and entered the precincts of Russell, a bedroom community to Ottawa, the
nation’s capital. By the way, Canada is
150 years old this year. We passed by a
fair-sized sign reading, “Russell Trails.”
Okay, this
is a town that takes pride in walkways that take you through the ‘backwoods’, so to speak.
Daivata and I were fixed on the objective—let’s explore.
And so we
did. Relieved of our vehicle, we checked
it out, the snow laden trail of tranquility that is edged by family homes on
one side and farmer’s fields on the other.
At a juncture of a gravel road, we ventured to the right on country dirt. There came a woman with her twenty-five year
old stallion. He was being walked and I
must say, I rarely meet pedestrian horses.
We gave him
a good stroke of affection. I was
realizing how very important it is for man to reach out to animal. History tells that they are inseparable in
their service to each other. I could
elaborate, but later.
Service is
a common theme for today. It is Krishna Dulal
who champions this. Within one year he
opened a pre-school here, a restaurant (only vegetarian preps and prasadam served) and purchased a
community centre—the old Registry Building, now in function. I was there to inaugurate the event with kirtan chanting and some words of
appreciation to their community that’s taking bold steps.
We then
feasted.
May the
Source be with you!
5 km
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