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My dad came to help me out one winter. It was really cold, and we did not have many options to take him anywhere. We really had to choose indoor places, and one place that we visited was The Breakers.The Breakers, a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, belonged to the Vanderbilt family. The mansion was…
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For 13 years, we lived in the Boston suburbs. For the first seven years, we lived in a place called Quincy. Quincy is not a town, but a city. There are four red line stops: Quincy Center, Quincy Adams, Wollaston, and North Quincy. My son attended Quincy Public Schools. They had started an autism classroom,…
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My husband is from Pondicherry, India. Our marriage engagement happened here. The British ruled the entire country; some portions were controlled by the French. Pondicherry was one that was ruled by the French. The architecture of the city is beautiful. It was on my engagement day that I visited the city for the first time.…
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When I thought about the letter “O,” I just remembered Ontario. I then asked my husband to name a place that began with the letter; he replied, Oregon. Portland, Oregon, is the first place we lived in the US. Who can forget their first experience of living in a new country? My memory of the…
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We have been to the state of New York many times. We have been to New York City many times. We have been on top of the Empire State Building. We had also been on top of the World Trade Center before it came crashing down. We have been to Times Square and seen the…
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When my special boy was three, we asked my mom to come and help us. When my mom came, we took that as an opportunity to see more places than ever. My husband had a friend at work who suggested places we could visit while she was here. Most of those trips were just day-to-day.…
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Mother Nature provided us with an extraordinary phenomenon this week. We had a partial solar eclipse on Monday. Science has really advanced. We were able to watch the eclipse with our special glasses. We also had heavy spring rains this week. In fact, it was really scary, with mudslides around the region. The tulips really…
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Our family has been to all five Great Lakes. We achieved this goal last summer. I am not going to write about this. Lake Champlain was one of the first big lakes we visited. We were in Vermont to see the fall colors. We spent a beautiful evening on its shore in Burlington, Vermont. Ben…
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My younger son’s Upanayanam took place in Mysore, Karnataka, with our Guru’s blessings. It was such a hard ordeal working out the details with our special boy. But all worked out great. We did put him through a lot of strict religious ordeals, but he did not fight or question them. My younger one thoroughly…
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The letter “J” was very tricky. I had to look into my phone’s photo album. It did jog up my memory about the places I had visited. We had dinner in Nashville on our road trip from Pittsburgh to Dallas. We chose to stay at a place called Jackson, Tennessee. We always choose Marriot’s chain…
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It’s been a while we have traveled to India, but memories are fresh. The long travel and jet lag are a big nuisance and I would say it is not something everyone craves. Have you seen the rush to get out of the plane when it lands? Have you seen the satisfaction people have when…
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On a good day with no traffic traveling on a highway is so much fun. I remember taking my son a few exits away to Burger King for a fry for just the ride. The service plazas on toll roads and the Welcome Centers or the tourist information centers with the vending machines are our…
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When I was in my elementary school, I was introduced to President Lincoln through a text book lesson called why Abe Lincoln grew a beard. Did you know a little girl sent a letter saying he would looked good if he had a beard? After moving to the US, I read lot of anecdotes about…
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The week began with a very positive note. I started my A to Z challenge and I have chicken scratch notes on my phone notepad for the entire challenge. Not hard as I thought but I really need the one day break in between. I hope I will finish it off successfully. Here is one…
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Birds and people migrate to Florida for winter. Then again, people like me can spend a vacation in Florida. If you go online and check for cheap airline tickets, Florida and Las Vegas would the top destinations. Our first trip to Disney World, Orlando, Florida happened more than 20 years ago. We visited more than…
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As I blog my journey memories from the past hit me. Times that were hard, happy and a mixed bag. As me and my husband discussed why did we travel so much? My special one loved the car rides and he was too hyper inside the house. So we just put him in his car…
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Our trip to Detroit was to have darshan of our Guru. We also had plans to visit the Ford Museum the next day. I do not remember the reason, but my special boy who was still a teen did not want to sleep that night. My husband decided to sit and watch him. So the…
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Thiruvaiyaru Thyagaraja Aradhana honors The Great Saint Thyagaraja, a composer of many classical pieces on Sri Rama. On his day of attaining Samadhi, Carnatic (Classical South Indian) Musicians gather together to sing his 5 gems, Pancharatna Kritis. Every year in Cleveland, USA, the same tradition is followed. But it is nearly a weeklong festival with…
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April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day! Autism is my every day life. Acceptance is one of the main components. For my son’s 21st birthday we decided to cruise. Oh, cruising? With so many of it’s formal components I was really worried but my research many years back had me learn about Autism On the Seas.…
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I was born in a village in Kerala (God’s own country) called Angadipuram. Nestled in the district of Malappuram Kerala, it is famous for it’s beautiful Temple, Thirumandhamkunnu Bhagavathi Kshetram. I was delivered at home by a midwife and my Mom’s grandmother. Okay, me and few of my cousins were the last of that generation…
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