Chit Chat - What's on your mind today?

[bigskygal]

What is your water source there? A well? Or a holding tank of some sort?

[skb]

Yes we do have a bore-well. And yes, we will pump water into a holding tank to be placed on a platform at about +25 feet. The government is also working on a scheme to deliver piped water to all rural homes. The pipeline infrastructure is already done. Maybe within a year or two we will also have piped water.

[bigskygal]

The government is also working on a scheme to deliver piped water to all rural homes. The pipeline infrastructure is already done. Maybe within a year or two we will also have piped water.

Wow! That is Awesome!! Our government hasn't made any effort to get piped water to rural areas. We rely solely on wells for our water here. I am on the outskirts of my tiny town. I believe they have piped water but just down the main street and a few blocks out on either side. All of us surrounding the town are on wells and most likely always will be.

[skb]

Well, to be fair, very isolated far flung homes might not get the water, but clustered houses within villages will. Probably, that's your problem.

[skb]

Hello,

Just to inform you guys. My mother passed away in the early hours (12:15 am) today, Sunday morning after a prolonged illness. She had been hospitalized in November but had then made a comeback. However, the past 3 months she was completely bed ridden. We did the cremation today at around 10:00 am. May she find eternal peace.

[bigskygal]

I am so sorry to hear that skb! Just a couple of days ago I was thinking of you and her and wondering how things were going. Sad to hear your news, but I feel you brought her peace and much comfort by having her loving family caring for her during her last illness. She is at peace now and will be forever more.

[walkerwally1]

So sorry SKB Both of my parents have passed away several years ago and it is never easy but it is part of life we have to deal with. May she rest in peace.

[skb]

Yesterday I took her ashes for immersion to a river in another city about 120 miles away. Today we will have a small "pooja" and something like a memorial service.

[bigskygal]

That is a beautiful ceremony.

When I visited India, I took a pouch of my husband's ashes and scattered them in the Ganges when we were on a small boat tour. When I knew I was going there I just felt I needed to take some there. For him, I scattered ashes up in the Sierras where we used to backpack every year.

It wasn't in the timely manner of your religion skb, but just something my spirit was called to do...

[skb]

It wasn't in the timely manner of your religion skb, but just something my spirit was called to do...

There is no timely manner. You can do it anytime. I did that for my aunt who lived in Philly. She died about 4-5 years before her ashes were immersed in the Ganga at Haridwar.

[bigskygal]

Oh, I thought it was something that was done shortly after the person passed. In that case, I was not doing anything against the religion. I did feel a bit awkward doing it at the time.

[skb]

This is the current status of the house construction. The lintel tie beam is being readied for casting and I am to be there on the 2nd and 3rd of the coming month to get that done.

[bigskygal]

It's really coming along!

[skb]

I'll be travelling tonight and be back on Wednesday night.

[bigskygal]

Safe travels!