Tuesday 16 August 2022

Saturday, August 6, 2022

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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