On Making Lists
I have always been fond of making lists. As a writer, they’re quite easy to come up with. A list of things in my kitchen, a list of emotions I feel, a list of words strung together to make a more…
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Category: Youth Diaries
Living Like an Adult
In my new role as a working adult, young professional, gainfully-employed manchild or whatever you want to call it, the battle for sleep has become a constant struggle. I don’t mean to imply that I’m working into the wee hours more…
7 Reasons Why You Should Come to Family Camp
Radha Madhav Dham is a beautiful place to stay with your family, from the day after Christmas all the way to New Year’s, where you can enjoy immense spiritual progress in a peaceful environment. Kids of all ages will more…
Hungry for Faith
I’m a food writer. My trade is one that obsesses over cuisine, ingredients, the history of food and how it intersects with our daily world, but is uniquely concerned with the issue of hunger. My own tendencies when it comes more…
The Mission Statement
It occurs to me that I have been writing this blog for some time now. I don’t know how many people actually read it, but our system administrators assure me the numbers are good. I have written on a broad more…
Meditations on the Year
During a long drive today, I found myself musing on the strange number of anniversaries and occurrences that seem endemic to our year. Much of these musings certainly had to do with the recent harvest moon, an event many astronomers more…
Why Peacocks?
A friend from New York is visiting me, and I’ve been showing her around Austin. Of course, stop number one had to be Radha Madhav Dham, now a top Tripadvisor pick for vacations in Central Texas, and my home away more…
Travel
My current job requires a lot of driving. I’m not transporting hazardous materials, or maneuvering an 18-wheeler through hairpin turns – just regular, old-fashioned highway and city driving. Even though most of this work driving is in Austin, my city, more…
Tradition
We celebrated my cousin’s 26th birthday yesterday. In my family, we usually spend our birthdays at dinner together, with whichever members of our extended family happen to be in the same city. So it came to pass that myself, my more…
The Shilpis
They showed up at the ashram without warning a few months ago. Seven men with mustaches, wearing button down cotton shirts and thick pants, came in the morning to see Radha Madhav Dham. Seemingly impervious to the heat, they walked more…