Ramsden Park, Toronto
Talks on the Grass
I had a great picnic with Parama, Rukmini and their young 19-month-old darling who was totally mesmerized by people, the dogs and the trees. It’s not that she hasn’t been to a park before. This one, Ramsden, according to her parents, is new and full of activity; something different.
The heat was on. That may account for the smaller than usual turn-out of people. Attendance did pick up in the evening, which was my second visit to the green space. At this point Nimai and Vishal joined me on the grass. We got down to serious talk.
My goodness, the things that were said. According to Nimai, a motel owner, among other things, expressed, “Covid is making it hard for my business in terms of just finding committed personnel to run the front desk.” He was talking about complacency in people.
Vishal joined in regarding the challenges behind animal farming. “How do you control the expansion of a herd of cows/bulls? It just keeps growing,” added Nimai in reference to a friend of his who’s going all out with his Indian breed of cows called gir.
It was also mentioned that our quality of food is poor. Nimai was talking about the produce shipped in. At least people should get more into gardening at home. Our discussion was concluded on the note that getting closer to the earth and a push toward harmonization of nature is tantamount.
May the source be with you!
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