Is this vanity? No.
It is nice to know that a student of mine Swati Sengupta has been blogging for a while now. Here's a blog she has abandoned but mentions me for introducing her to blogging.
She hasn't posted where she has moved on in blogsphere. That's unfortunate.
All the best Swati and thank you.

Birthday bashes
My good friend Fred Garland celebrated his birthday on the 13th. Here's his blog to take a peek at what went on in his cozy little apartment in Cologne. He's titled his blog "a poet with a 3 letter name". Have a look at his website too.
Meri Bekeshova celebrated her birthday too. Let me get hold of her blog and then I'll post it here.