Talkback 02
Posted in Sri Lanka, 1 year, 10 months agoGail: I love that you pick your own bananas for breakfast-
No, I didn’t mean to give that impression. I don’t pick my own bananas–but they are that fresh! Maybe I’ll let David write a guest blog here so he can tell his great story about the amazing banana plant.
Jim: Tell us more about that […]
Visu-Centricism At Last
Posted in Sri Lanka, 1 year, 10 months agoWeekends are pretty good for me. I get to sleep in, stare at the ocean, work on my various projects, and not think too hard about Sinhala Sign Language. I was planning on finding a photo shop in town and print out photos to give to the kids, but I was told the stores were […]
Hunger
Posted in Food, Sri Lanka, 1 year, 10 months agoShortly after school on Thursday, Jenny walked onto the school campus. Lying under the stairs that go to nowhere, she reported, there was a dog eating a rat. “I saw entrails pouring out of the rat’s stomach,” she said.
Having never heard of a dog eating a rat, I was skeptical. Later, I approached the dog. […]
A Day In The Life…
Posted in Sri Lanka, 1 year, 10 months agoBy popular demand, here’s a full accounting of an ordinary day for me:
6:00 AM. The alarm wakes me up.
6:32 AM. After exactly eight presses of the snooze button (each push is worth four precious minutes), I get out of bed.
7:00 AM. Following a shower and miscellaneous bathroom tasks, I head to the kitchen to make […]
