Yesterday we got the final information from the Mayor, and we are working hard now to incorporate it in the production cycle of the monthly magazine. It is our gift to the island. A small one, but important in its own little way. If each one does little things to bring about positive change in the community, especially in the hearts of those who make the community, they all add up to a big step forward. That's an alamanda bud in the photo.

They also just got a call from the Minister of Social Affairs, Mrs. Siddhia. She was at the airport in Mauritius, saying farewell to Kirin Bede who has just spent three days there helping with national programs against family abuse. Kirin came to Kauai a few years back. You may recall she was the warden of the New Delhi jail, and transformed it from a terrible black place to a place of personal change, sadhana and meditation! So naturally they fired her. Anyway, Kirin thanked Gurudeva for engineering her trip from India to Mauritius.

When the bud opened later in the day, it became a lovely flower, fresh with morning dew, one of the special ones used each day for the morning puja.