• Swami Nikhilananda of Barsana Dham gave the rousing, educational keynote "All Religions Are Not the Same" http://twitpic.com/304jnl #
• Palaniswami begins his presentation about Hindu festivals. http://twitpic.com/305rba #
• Senthilnathaswami gives a presentation on the latest Hindu history lessons at HMEC. http://twitpic.com/307otg #
• Our swamis had a fantastically successful day at HMEC in Houston. Lots of crucial meetings-in-the-halls with temple and youth leaders. #
• Meeting with Jay Kansara of @HinduAmerican Foundation. http://twitpic.com/30aaqp #
• Our swamis traveling in Houston met with Swami Parameshananda of Bharat Sevashram Sangh, New York. http://twitpic.com/30azhz #
• When we asked, Swami Parameshananda expounded beautifully and wisely on the monastic path for our new brahmachari http://twitpic.com/30b09q #

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• Arriving at SFO for our flight to Houston this morning, we spotted Air Force One next to the central hangar. Our head or state is in town. #
• Arriving in Houston, first order of business: officially making Riccardo Morano our next premonastic aspirant. http://twitpic.com/2zw6st #
• Our swamis visiting Houston had a wonderful dinner out with the Patels from Midland, Rajkumar from Colorado and Brahmachari Riccardo. #
• Dr. Sharma Tadepalli gives the first presentation at the Hindu Mandir Executives Conference in Houston. http://twitpic.com/2zxn0s #
• Shanmuganathaswami cleaning the Mini Mela solar panels. http://twitpic.com/2zvg7c #
• Siddhanathaswami & Sadhaka Tejadeva removing bees from the side of a building. The bees will form a new hive. http://twitpic.com/2zvgzf #

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• Our swamis had a wonderful dinner out with our Golden Gate mission in Walnut Creek last night. (photos on TAKA soon) #
• Heading over the Golden Gate bridge this morning for a meeting in Marin. http://twitpic.com/2zj5kj #
• In Larkspur, our swamis met with John Loudon, a book consultant, to talk about our upcoming guru biography. http://twitpic.com/2zjwhf #
• At The Presidio, we visited the Walt Disney Family Museum with the Params. Ideas for a future Gurudeva museum! http://twitpic.com/2zkx2q #
• We had our annual check up with Rocket Science, our (the best) IT consultancy in SF. That's Matt McGraw, owner. http://twitpic.com/2zn3bs #

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• Driving. It's the mainland. http://twitpic.com/2zac1m #
• Our swamis are at the home of K Suriyakumar in Diablo. Palaniswami explains the temple builder memorial project. http://twitpic.com/2zacoj #
• Suriyakumar and wife Rushika have a beautiful Nandi they commissioned in Orissa from sandstone in their gardens. http://twitpic.com/2zbj2x #
• Our swamis are now visiting with Mihir Meghani, the executive director of HAF (@HinduAmerican), in Fremont. #
• Palaniswami and Senthilnathaswami with Dr. Mihir Meghani and wife Tanvi at their Fremont home. http://twitpic.com/2zcouq #

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• After two flights and a brief overnight, Palaniswami and Senthilnathaswami are on their way now to a one-day EPUB seminar in Pasadena. #
• The InDesign Beyond Print seminar in Pasadena begins. http://twitpic.com/2z1a0s #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — David Blatner talk about the EPUB format http://youtu.be/YfSNoLZKSio?a #
• Itinerant pilgrim on a wondrous journey in a lush, green… no… grey concrete jungle. http://twitpic.com/2z2wpw #
• A fellow attendee whose husband is working on the new Hawaii Five-O on Oahu thought we looked like an Apple ad. http://twitpic.com/2z2z4s #
• Ritesh Varma and our swamis today in LA for an ePub seminar http://yfrog.com/741tsvj #
• Our swamis have arrived in San Francisco. It's a foggy, cold night. #

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• Palaniswami and Senthilnathaswami are on their way to LA for a seminar on EPUB production. First stop on a week-long mainland voyage. #

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• Shanmuganathaswami cleaning the Mini Mela solar panels. http://twitpic.com/2ylckj #
• The rare silhouette of Mt. Waialeale is seen on this beautiful clear evening at the monastery. http://twitpic.com/2ynfkg #

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• We are happy to report that our Digital Dharma Drive reached $10,000 this weekend! As of now, it's over $11,000. http://bit.ly/b1Rp5s #

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• Great video by @HinduAmerican (HAF) on the importance of advocacy for Hindus. Watch it, pass it along. http://bit.ly/a7vjsq #

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• Some details about Bodhinatha's trip to the American Southwest in Mar-Apr 2011 have been updated. http://bit.ly/ut5A6 #
• Article by Kalyani Giri about the upcoming Hindu Mandir Executives Conference to be held in Houston http://bit.ly/bNcKhQ #

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