Been absent for 2 months on the blog... life's been good since the family arrived at home and the Kerala visit through Xmas, NY etc. E's had his first hair cut, a disastrous one?.... that's for you to comment! E spent some quality time with his cousins Nathan & Gautam. Picture with Ganga bhai.. the house which Miriam came back to after 10 months looks much lived in now. Got on to a cooking trip in Dec and by my guests' admission they had been fed good chicken pasta, summer rocket bacon salad, grilled rawas, bruschettas etc..