Table of Contents
Author Notes on Grace
Chapter 1 Mumbai Landing, . . . . . 1
MahaShivaratri at Kobulum Beach
Chapter 2 Alone in Asia with Saints Alive . . . . . 21
Chapter 3 Lost Friend
Never Alone with Kabir . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4 To Bangaluru By Rail . . . . . 55
Chapter 5 Ramana Maharshi Ashram . . . . . 83
B'lore Mike
Chapter 6 Yogi Ram in Tiruvanamali . . . . . 110
Dr. Sharada Devi
Chapter 7 Sri Aurobindo & The Mother . . . . . 131
Pondi Bus
Chapter 8 Return to Tiru . . . . . 149
Life is a Game, Play it
Chapter 9 Sri Sathya Sai Baba . . . . . 171
Help Ever, Hurt Never
Chapter 10 Moment of Being, Whitefields . . . . 187
Chapter 11 Beams of Love . . . . . 200
Puttaparthi
Chapter 12 After Words . . . . . 213
Acknowledgements . . . . . 216
Author Notes on Grace
Chapter 1 Mumbai Landing, . . . . . 1
MahaShivaratri at Kobulum Beach
Chapter 2 Alone in Asia with Saints Alive . . . . . 21
Chapter 3 Lost Friend
Never Alone with Kabir . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4 To Bangaluru By Rail . . . . . 55
Chapter 5 Ramana Maharshi Ashram . . . . . 83
B'lore Mike
Chapter 6 Yogi Ram in Tiruvanamali . . . . . 110
Dr. Sharada Devi
Chapter 7 Sri Aurobindo & The Mother . . . . . 131
Pondi Bus
Chapter 8 Return to Tiru . . . . . 149
Life is a Game, Play it
Chapter 9 Sri Sathya Sai Baba . . . . . 171
Help Ever, Hurt Never
Chapter 10 Moment of Being, Whitefields . . . . 187
Chapter 11 Beams of Love . . . . . 200
Puttaparthi
Chapter 12 After Words . . . . . 213
Acknowledgements . . . . . 216
Brave New Words, photo by Roy Gumpel, article by Nina Shengold
Twenty-two Hudson Valley authors hold up their self-published works
Chronogram Magazine, January 2013 - Brave New Words article by Nina Shengold. Self Publishing photo/article of area writers including Garnette. Kingston, NY -
Pop-Up Book Nook, Stamford, NY, Dec. 22, in Cyr Center
Spoken Word Cafe, 7 p.m., September 22, Saturday. Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 S. Randolph Ave. Reading, refreshments, good company with local authors. Adm. $5 to support Spoken Word. I will be reading and signing copies of the novel.
Pop-Up Book Nook, Stamford, NY, Dec. 22, in Cyr Center
Spoken Word Cafe, 7 p.m., September 22, Saturday. Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 S. Randolph Ave. Reading, refreshments, good company with local authors. Adm. $5 to support Spoken Word. I will be reading and signing copies of the novel.
You can order a signed copy from me by clicking on my email below Also available on Amazon. Soon to come on Kindle
Garnette Arledge
transforming your stories into your legacies
Memoir Groups meet in the West Kortright Centre (Delaware County NY- Western Catskills cultural setting)and continue in New Paltz for those who wish to write their own legacies with group support and Garnette as the writing mentor. Assignments, positive feedback and encouragement will support you finally getting around to it!
Elder's Write groups continue in New Paltz on first and third Mondays.
And do contact Garnette to interview and write a family or personal memoir for you.
transforming your stories into your legacies
Memoir Groups meet in the West Kortright Centre (Delaware County NY- Western Catskills cultural setting)and continue in New Paltz for those who wish to write their own legacies with group support and Garnette as the writing mentor. Assignments, positive feedback and encouragement will support you finally getting around to it!
Elder's Write groups continue in New Paltz on first and third Mondays.
And do contact Garnette to interview and write a family or personal memoir for you.
Many thanks for putting my husband's life story together. It pleased him so much (as a surprise 75th birthday present). And it has made the children feel good too. It makes me happy to see him happy about seeing what he means to us.
Published author Garnette is a member of the Author's Guild and past President of American Association of University Women Kingston, NY Branch. Upcoming work on novel and looking forward to summer publication of poetry chap book.
Kind conversations
collecting personal life stories. You decide if you wish family wisdom kept in a beautiful book with photographs, artwork and drawings, on the web or simply story by story.
Quotes from clients:
“My mom brightens with your visits.”
“He looks forward to talking with you,
thanks so much.” >
Author Garnette Arledge books include On Angel’s Eve: the family manual for caring during the dying time and Wise Secrets of Aloha, as well as numerous newspaper, magazine and journal articles, poetry, fiction and her own grandmother’s collected stories:
Mama Sallie Would Love you: for great-great grands Lilly and Cloux. More details on Biography Tab, just click.
collecting personal life stories. You decide if you wish family wisdom kept in a beautiful book with photographs, artwork and drawings, on the web or simply story by story.
Quotes from clients:
“My mom brightens with your visits.”
“He looks forward to talking with you,
thanks so much.” >
Author Garnette Arledge books include On Angel’s Eve: the family manual for caring during the dying time and Wise Secrets of Aloha, as well as numerous newspaper, magazine and journal articles, poetry, fiction and her own grandmother’s collected stories:
Mama Sallie Would Love you: for great-great grands Lilly and Cloux. More details on Biography Tab, just click.
Goodreads Reviews
Fiction
TV script
Wednesdays, 2008-09
grandmother memoir
Wise Healing Stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Aloha
EldersWrite Series 2
Now is the time to share Aloha for personal and planetary peace and healing-Garnette
Laugh every hour
Non-fiction
Meaningful things family, friends, and close caregivers can do to ease the transformation called dying, written by a Hospice Chaplain
EldersWrite Book 1
"Hinduism's version of Pride and Prejudice"
Rick Jarow, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Vassar College
HIGH TECH JOURNEY GROWS MYSTICAL
Leaving behind a two-timing fiance and
job stealing colleague,
carrying only her smart phone and a spiritual guidebook,
lost Grace Avery lands alone in India to a
Mumbai strike,
Trivandrum riot,
wild Chennai bus ride,
the beauty of Pondicherry,
the peace of Tiruvannamalai,
the brilliance of Puttaparthi
and a reconciliation in Bangalore.
Guided from one mystical experience to another,
surrounded by found compassionate friendships,
deep spiritual teachings and love,
she finds inside the real meaning of her name, Grace.
In these 222 pages, readers will experience
Sri Sathya Sai Baba,
Yogi Ramsuratkumar,
Sri Aurobindo,
Ramana Marharsi and
Hilda Charlton
interlaced with the sacred poetry of Kabir.
Leaving behind a two-timing fiance and
job stealing colleague,
carrying only her smart phone and a spiritual guidebook,
lost Grace Avery lands alone in India to a
Mumbai strike,
Trivandrum riot,
wild Chennai bus ride,
the beauty of Pondicherry,
the peace of Tiruvannamalai,
the brilliance of Puttaparthi
and a reconciliation in Bangalore.
Guided from one mystical experience to another,
surrounded by found compassionate friendships,
deep spiritual teachings and love,
she finds inside the real meaning of her name, Grace.
In these 222 pages, readers will experience
Sri Sathya Sai Baba,
Yogi Ramsuratkumar,
Sri Aurobindo,
Ramana Marharsi and
Hilda Charlton
interlaced with the sacred poetry of Kabir.
NOTES ON TEACHING JANE AUSTEN IN NEW PALTZ
Jane Austen, and her friends, was an eight-week exploration, really a romp, of Austen's six books and brief mentions of the more than one hundred (still counting) re-imaginings of the further adventures of the various beloved characters.
So enjoyed teaching this course in New Paltz, NY to the many Austen aficionados - and one male for one session.
Now in gratitude for receipt of this letter (although tending to mimic Austen's style too closely, need to get back to my own breezy way)
Dear Garnette,
On behalf of the LLI Council and membership, I want you to know how exceedingly grateful we are to you for all you continue to do to advance our success in responding to this community's enthusiasm for learning.
Jane Austen and Her Admirer's Sequels was one of our most popular courses. The reactions of those who just completed your course reveal how very well you met their expectations. We do hope you found the experience equally gratifying. We are looking forward to your being part of the LLI faculty again in the fall. With our sincerest thanks and best wishes.
Gail K. Gallerie, President
from: Mama Sallie Stories, Growing up in the Great Smokies (in progress)
A first memory, from the core of my being, is waking up in Mama Sallie’s ample bed, snuggled into her great, soft, billowing love. However, they tell me my first word was JIM not Mama Sallie. How it gratified my grandfather. For Papa Jim would come into to her bedroom before dawn, while his shaving water was heating in the kitchen, to light the pre-laid fire in her fireplace. His quiet, always dignified movements, even with his suspenders over his undershirt, may have roused me first. But it was the striking of the match, the magic flame springing up, dispelling the dark that astonished me.
Jim! I thought it meant fire.
Available here, click my email link to order an autographed copy from me, or order on-line at Amazon. Bookstores everywhere will order for you. If you order from Amazon, please take a moment to review the book please. Thank you = Mahalo nui nui, Garnette