Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Bombay Trying to Keep Busy on a Sodden Wednesday Namaste from Bombay! It is still pouring–mostly cats AND dogs…sometimes just cats and sometimes just dogs! It is amazingly transformative in terms of the landscape and mood. Magically, everything is clean, green, fresh and pure. The air…
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Another Soggy Day Ends Over Dinner with Young Friends
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Bombay Another Soggy Day Ends Over Dinner with Young Friends Namaste from Bombay! Still dealing with erratic sleep patterns, I fell asleep at 1.00 pm and awoke at 3.30 am and then was wide awake until about 6.00 am. After that, I felt drowsy and succumbed to…
A Dripping Monday Keeps Me Indoors
Monday, July 1, 2019 Bombay A Dripping Monday Keeps Me Indoors Namaste from Bombay! My birth month began today and although I am excited that I will be in Bombay after absolutely years for my birthday, the fact that it is pouring rain so steadily that one’s spirits feel dampened, makes…
Another (Uneventful) Sunday Rolls Around!
Sunday, June 30, 2019 Bombay Another (Uneventful) Sunday Rolls Around Namaste from Bombay! On the last day of the month of June, I awoke in my flat at 6.30 am and began reading in bed as my book (The Cuckoo’s Calling) is pretty compelling. That done, I downloaded The Times and…
Negotiating with a Wheelchair and an Invitation to Saturday Night Dinner
Saturday, June 29, 2019 Bombay Negotiating with a Wheelchair and an Invitation to Saturday Night Dinner Namaste from Bombay! It is comforting and heartening to know that one has reached the weekend and as I awoke at 6.30 am, I hoped mine would be a good one. The morning…
Russel Goes Back to the Orthopedist and Gets a Wheelchair
Friday, June 28, 2019 Bombay Russel Goes Back to the Orthopedist and Gets a Wheelchair Namaste from Bombay! Today was another exhausting day and at the end of it, I was ready to completely unwind. I awoke at about 5.30 am and began reading (making good progress with…
A Terrible Morning Rescued by a Nice Afternoon and Quiet Evening
Thursday, June 27, 2019 Bombay A Terrible Morning Rescued by a Nice Afternoon and Quiet Evening Namaste from Bombay! So today was a truly mixed bag. It was the sort of day that you don’t really want to remember but which keeps replaying in your mind with such insistence as to…
A Rainy Morning of Errands and An Afternoon Watching Oxford’s Encaenia
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Bombay A Rainy Morning of Errands and An Afternoon Watching Oxford’s Encaenia Namaste from Bombay! As if on cue, so as not to make local meteorologists feel like sorry sods, the heavens opened at exactly 5.00 am today to officially bring in Bombay’s Monsoon of 2019. I…
Last Backlog Interview Transcribed and First Phone Interview Done
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Bombay Last Backlog Interview Transcribed and First Phone Interview Done Namaste from Bombay! I am back in the swing and working like I used to–before our Latin-American vacation and Russel’s second bout of hospitalization came in the way of my momentum. Anyway, my day was fruitful and…
A Dinner Party Ends a Routine-Filled Monday
Monday, June 24, 2019 Bombay A Dinner Party Ends a Routine-Filled Monday Namaste from Bombay! When I used to be told that Bombayites party every day of the week, I did not believe it–then I saw it for myself! Today promised to be routine–and was–until the dinner party to which I…