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Picture taken in Kannur Railway Station, Kerala.
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Picture taken in Kannur Railway Station, Kerala.

Unni, our young driver, takes a break beside the lake.
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Picture taken by the lake at Thattekad, Kerala
To celebrate my return,
and all that we share,
a day-trip to Thattekad is arranged:
our annual “works outing”
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Picture taken beside the boating-lake in Thattekad, Kerala.

Today Shaji and Dalila are away at a family celebration.
Our breakfast was a café affair.
Picture taken in the Sri Krishna Café, Fort Cochin

A new day dawns.
And my stay ends…
Picture taken from Southern Star Abbey, Kopua Monastery, New Zealand

“We entrust ourselves to the night as if it were a great ocean from which we can fish up all sorts of wonderful things..”
From The Music of Silence by David Steindl-Rast
Compline completes the Liturgy of the Hours.
Its end marks the beginning of the Great Silence
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“Let all mortal flesh keep silence..”
Picture taken at sunset, Kopua Monastery, New Zealand

Vespers: evening prayer.
The dying of the light…
Picture taken at dusk in Kopua Monastery, New Zealand