A Day - Saturday 29th August 2009
05.53 Wake and rise almost immediately. Ayako wakes too and worries about the cats. It's 12C outside and they come inside as soon as the front door is opened. Koko sleeps on unaware on the floor beside Ayako even as Cecil creeps into the bedroom. He slips up onto the bed and curls up beside Ayako. She's happy and murmurs as she goes back to sleep. 05.55 Open the curtains and make coffee. Fill Koko's water bowl. Bring the coffee back to my study and sit quietly. Pranayama. Prayers of thanks to Baba for me, my family and friends, and requests for help (and today thanks for having helped) those who are ill or suffering. Several Gayatri Mantras. Loka Samasta Sukino Bhavantu. 06.09 Finish prayers and then coffee. Start laptop up (which has been in sleep mode; it's rarely turned off.) Determine to write a day's journal. Watch the light come up (sunrise today is 06.08 according to the iPhone. Sunset at 19.58. The glass is high: 1038). The sun gilds the magnolia lea...