5K trail run on a cool day
Sometimes, she surprises me
Last night as I was going to bed, I got this picture from Kallol Nandi who further added that he felt very proud of her. My instinctive reaction was that he meant to send it to somebody else. On second thoughts, I looked closely at the picture.
I was still not sure why I was looking at a magazine. Then I saw the boats in the cover picture. I realized that this might be Sharmila’s painting. The boats looked familiar in style. She paints a lot of boats which always gives me a sinking feeling because she would invariably ask me for suggestions for names. Apparently, “Boat – 1”, “Boat – 2” … is not very artistic.
I forwarded that picture to her asking if it was her painting. She is roaming around in London and Paris with Nikita. I am told that is what self-respecting artists do. (roam in London and Paris – not necessarily with Nikita).
Anyways, this morning I woke up to a confirmation from her. I am glad she did not berate me for missing her signature completely!
Thank you Kallol for pointing me to this.
Does anybody know how can I get a physical copy? (Atlanta Journal Constitution is still showing the Fall copy)

Run with Jay Jay
Met up with a very old friend!!
In fact, Andrea was one of the people who originally convinced me to move from Dallas to Atlanta (for job). After she left Atlanta, I had not seen her for nearly 15 years. We fixed that problem today!
It was great to see her today, learn about her life journeys and the lessons from life she has drawn so far!

I am the one retiring. But she is the one doing the traveling!!
Another pen friend letter
From the bartender’s corner – Harvard
“E Byatha ki je byatha”
“Murder, he wrote”
Went for a typewriter show and tried a few. I think I am zeroing in on what I want. In all likelihood, a portable Royal (e.g Royal Arrow). Last time I had typed on a real typewriter was in 1983. After my tenth class exams, I had started going to a typewriting class in Benachity.
That old feeling of tactile feedback came back all over again. (Very different than computer keyboards). Also got to know Tom – who is an absolute authority on typewriters. He has a collection of over 100 typewriters. That matches my fountain pen count.
But unlike my fountain pens, he makes some serious money by simply renting out his typewriters to movie sets!!






