By bluerasberry on 2010-10-22
Four times in one week I have heard the same story in different contexts. I am struck by the profundity of this problem, it being that there exists evidence that funding social wellness programs for children is both the simplest and most effective way to improve individual and societal health, and yet in America and […]
Posted in health, legal, presentation, religion, Seattle | Tagged politician, weapon
By bluerasberry on 2010-04-04
On Saturday April 3 I went to a conference sponsored by Supreme Master Ching Hai in UW’s Meany Hall. I found out about the conference from handbills and posters that were circulating around the neighborhood. It was advertised as a series of lectures on environmentalism, vegetarianism, sports fitness, and family fun on paper and on […]
Posted in health, non-profit, presentation, religion | Tagged environment, Hinduism, leader, lecture, logistics, proselytize, water
By bluerasberry on 2009-02-23
In Hindi, “maha” means “big,” “Shiva” is the god, and “ratri” means night. February 23, 2009 was Shiva’s Big Night. I went to Traveler’s Chai Shop to celebrate, as Allen and Leon (the proprietors) often host Indian cultural events. This night they were also showing some locally-made ceramic shivlings. They were not particularly Indian but […]
Posted in art, festival, religion | Tagged Shivaratri, tea
By bluerasberry on 2008-08-14
I was in DC from Tuesday August fifth through Sunday the tenth. On the sixth and seventh I was in training for my job; NIDA is in DC so they do their Clinical Trials Network (CTN) training there. The training was boring and hardly anything that could not have done by webcast, but I was […]
Posted in animal, art, museum, religion, work | Tagged capitol, church, library, panda, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-07-01
I came left Benares the night of the 28th and arrived in Delhi Friday morning. It is too hot for touts this time of year. I walked all the way through the train station and no one spoke to me. Nandan told me that I could walk to Connaught Place from the station and I […]
Posted in animal, health, India, museum, religion | Tagged Baha'i, delerium, Delhi, dinosaur, food, map, police, sickness, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-06-07
Today in the main Darbur Square the Young Communist League had a rally. There were a lot of people here. I do not know much about the political situation here now, but for those who do not know anything, the Communist Party of Nepal, Maoist took over the government and defenestrated the king during a […]
Posted in museum, Nepal, religion | Tagged communism, mouse, rally
By bluerasberry on 2007-06-06
At Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle there is this type of minature deer called a pudu. I watched a pudu baby grow up there and I like the animal a lot. I read in the paper about the baby having been born and that is when I went to the zoo for the first time […]
Posted in animal, Nepal, religion | Tagged Buddhism, delerium, pudu, tiger, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-31
Chandu, the tout that Nandan used about a year back, occasionally drops by to say something crazy. Usually he says that he much some rich foreigner, and that they want to buy a lot of silk without asking questions. Sometimes he takes about opening a silk shop, which he says is the surest way to […]
Posted in India, religion | Tagged astrology, delerium, morality, sex
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-25
Nandan and I went to Ayodhya, the birthplace and royal home of Lord Ram. He was actually going to a funeral for a friend’s grandfather, but Ayodhya was nearby. I wanted to join him for both events. Ram is one of the most popular Hindu deities. He was an avatar of Lord Vishnu and the […]
Posted in animal, India, religion | Tagged Ayodhya, death, Hinduism, Islam, monkey
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-13
Today in my Hindi copy I wrote sentences in unusual formats like future perfect continuous (“…will have been going”) because I wanted to be comfortable with the grammar. I continually want more and more vocabulary and my memory cannot meet my needs at the rate which would satisfy me. Tonight I go to Lucknow with […]
Posted in education, India, religion | Tagged astrology, Hindi, Hinduism