Musings from a visit to India, Dec 2024 Almost four weeks after our visit, I finally sat down and listened to the little voice in Continue Reading
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La vida es ahora
Musings from a visit to Costa Rica, May 2024 Standing tall at 7 meters, it is an impressive work of art, portraying a nonchalant, casual Continue Reading
Listen and learn
A few months back listening to my favorite podcast* I heard a discussion about the five senses and how vision is probably the most critical Continue Reading
A language, a community
A musing on the recent 50th anniversary celebration of MMLA (Maharashtra Mandal Los Angeles). A single live rehearsal with the entire group together, just one Continue Reading
Breakfast Special
A travel diary
Rise and shine
Exploring the joys of nature. It was just past 6 a.m., the sky a bit overcast and the sun yet to rise. A large group Continue Reading
For the love of words
Human beings are social creatures and as we all know we bond over our love for food, for sports, for books and recently, over the Continue Reading
Breaking the ice
This piece is a musing on a simple facet of life in the United States. “Let me get you started with waters. Ice, no ice”? Continue Reading
Priceless air
The Gujaratis are known to be enterprising, consummate businessmen. Some are very generous too. They have traveled across lands to the Middle East, across oceans Continue Reading
Under the Sea
The voice in my head kept telling me it was a disaster in waiting, but I also knew I couldn’t quit without even trying – Continue Reading
How long…
Childhood friends, then more in highschool College buddies, then those at work Life moved one group to another How long would the love last? Then Continue Reading
Route 66
Anyone who raised a little boy in the 2000s could not have missed the charm of Route 66, the fictional town of Radiator Springs and Continue Reading
Food for thought
When I was twenty, my grandmother lived with us and she was full six decades older than I. In a curious case of history repeating Continue Reading
A small service
“You know if I’m not doing this right, it’s because we don’t eat red meat”, I said removing a stack of beef patties from the Continue Reading
Ring out the old, ring in the new…
Saturday afternoon I found myself drifting away and the audiobook lulling me to sleep instead of firing off neurons! What else could I expect after Continue Reading
Bursting bubbles
Late Sunday afternoon I went for a walk in the neighborhood – a daily routine that many of us have established since the novel coronavirus Continue Reading
Thankful for 2020
This Thanksgiving it is two years since my first post on this site. As with all things new and shiny, I had been enthusiastic early Continue Reading
Pots and pans
There is something comforting knowing our kitchen is stocked a tiny bit less than it was a day back. There are fewer serving spoons, two Continue Reading
Meri Pasand
The conversation is so etched in memory – I can replay it as if it happened three minutes back and not over three decades ago. Continue Reading
Quarantine collections
Last week I was gently reminded by a friend that many days had passed since any new posts on Irvinekar.com. Hubby sweetly chided me too Continue Reading