Welland, Ontario
Visit
As soon as I saw the edible wild
plant, lambs quarters, also known in India as bathua, I pulled two of them,
stems and all, out of the ground. There they were, waiting to be consumed,
right in front of the Vimala’s home, a condo in the burbs of Niagara, and
before you know it, it was part of our scrumptious meal. Truly this is an
amazing dish full of iron, tastier than spinach. In fact, it’s sometimes called
white spinach.
Our healthy lunch at Vimala’s place,
with his wife, mother-in-law and young six-month-old, Nadia, was followed by a
visit to Welland and a one-year-old birthday event for Nimai. His mom and dad
recently moved from Connecticut and secured a beautiful home half a kilometer
from the famous Welland canal.
Several families participated
including Chris and Amy from Hamilton, as well as the neighbors next-door; a
happily married couple from Newfoundland. It was a jolly program with upbeat kirtan
and the “Tales From Trails” presentation. Comments came afterwards, that the
talk was very appropriate for newcomers. It takes time for people to take to
Eastern ways. Some folks are just not ready for a powerful dose of Krishna
Consciousness right off the bat.
All went well and then I had to
ask our driver wile enroute to our temple ashram, to pull over and give me at
least 4 km length of sidewalk to get some pedestrian pleasure in for the day.
He complied.
May the Source be with you!
4 km
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