Wednesday, October 29, 2008Essex I actually overslept today, waking with a start at 7. 15 am. Had no time to do any reading in bed as I had to call my parents in Bombay, finish up my syllabus, find the time to do my new foot exercises and leave the house for my day out…
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Off to Slough to Interview Anglo-Indians
Wednesday, October 8, 2008Slough, London Hard to believe how much catching up one has to do after only a few days away from home. I pottered around all morning, then got down to the serious business committments ahead of me–namely, a trip to Slough to interview the first Anglo-Indian couple for my next book. But…
The Graciousness of Greenwich
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the word ‘Greenwich? For me, it’s always been Greenwich Mean Time. Coming close on it’s heels is the Prime Meridian. All those geography lessons in grade eight or nine come back so vividly. So, when Freshmen Orientation included a visit to Greenwich on a Thames…
First Day of Classes and a Private Art Opening
Today was simply amazing! Not only did I awake excited because I was going back to teach after a four month long summer vacation but I had an unexpectedly lovely evening as well. I seem to have fallen into a wake-up routine with my body clock rousing me by 6 am.–how great it feels not…