Before the two-hour trip to Shakespeare’s town, my family doctor, Dr. Juta, kindly took the time to come down and remove the operation’s steel staples from the knee. The first pull from the bottom staple triggered an incredible tingling sensation. From thereafter the rest were a cinch.
The doctor’s recommendation to Gabriel, our driver, was “take a break in the middle of the drive. Give Maharaja (me) a chance to stretch.” And so, we did. We veered off in New Hamburg and went for a walk at the Oak Grove Cheese Factory, by Nith River.
The wind was strong. There will always be some God present in one’s daily affairs.
Interestingly, Shakespeare does reference Roman or Greek gods from time to time and does make mention of the singular (Christian) God. In his famous Romeo and Juliet, he speaks of the word “love,” naturally, and the word “hate” also gets kicked around. “Here’s much to do with love but more with hate;” “my only love sprung from my only hate.”
Regardless, our group did not intend to see a Shakespeare drama in Stratford. Krishna devotees from Brampton arrived, as we did, at Quality Inn to engage in kirtan, prasada, and a game of charades. People speak of a sixth wave of Covid, but the mood these days is to not stay away. On expensive petrol, people are prepared to drive somewhere and fun-it-up for this long Easter weekend.
Source: http://thewalkingmonk.blogspot.com/2022/04/friday-april-15-2022.html
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