Earlier this month my mother had 3 1/2 minutes of her fame when she was featured in a short piece on NPR’s All Things Considered. She told the story of her “obsolete skill” - folding a nurse’s cap. Have a listen. I think she left out the best part: how they teased one another when one of the Ten Pins didn’t stay in.

Tod’s photo of balloons on Chowpatty Beach is scheduled to be published in the June issue of the Sunday Times Travel magazine.

I heard that Sachiko was in FRAU magazine this month, but I haven’t seen the article yet.