Thursday, September 12, 2002


thanks!

let me take this moment to thank all of you for your lovely emails yesterday. i deeply appreciate your time and thoughtfulness. like orpheus, we new yorkers have gone down into and returned from the pit -- without our loved ones. now a year later we must focus on rebuilding.

a special shout-out to chipper in fanta se (om shanti to you!). chipper's work with coffee kids is just great. also, big thanks to storm flower, who sent photos of the fine & schapiro mural. fine & schapiro was a time-honored, old-fashioned jewish deli in the basement of the world trade center, and a place where i got my daily dark-meat-turkey-with-mustard-on-whole-wheat for years. fortunately they are still open at their original location on the upper west side, if you ever feel a need for a gallon of chicken matzoh ball soup.

now i think of it -- why haven't i noticed this before? -- i haven't had a turkey sandwich for lunch since 9-11. nowadays i hop over to the closest korean salad bar (these are institutions here in new york) or i enjoy a plate of palak paneer sak from chino chaudhary's place, diwan-e-khaas. . .

but you know, a blog shouldn't be about the boring details of your life! so let's get back on track with yoga: i was deeply moved to read that recent tragic events are encouraging more people to try yoga. and also pleased to see that the challenge to yoga in the schools in aspen has been resolved in favor of yoga.

however, i'm sorry to see that proponents of yoga have not yet been able to allay the fears of the conservative christian community. yoga is not a religion, as i've mentioned here before; although often presented in an indian cultural context, yoga pre-dates hinduism, according to reputable scholars; it is totally compatible with christianity; and that with the dangerous rise of obesity in schoolchildren, it's something that should be offered in all schools for health reasons alone.

the parents of conservative atlanta understand this -- let's hope aspen will come around.

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