The Queen Of Fruit
Posted in Food, Sri Lanka, 1 year, 1 month ago“When ripe the [mangosteen] fruit is as delicate and agreeably sweet as the finest lansehs and may even be mistaken for ripe grapes. It is at the same time so juicy, that many people can never eat enough of it, so delicious is its fragrance and agreeable its sweetness; and it is believed that the […]
Inaugurating the Benedictine Calendar
Posted in Sri Lanka, 1 year, 1 month agoI have been back in the United States for 10 days and out of Sri Lanka for 23 days.
I remember talking with Sophie and asking her how she felt when she left after three months in Matara.
“I’d drive myself crazy. I’d keep thinking, ‘At this time, if I was back in Sri Lanka, […]
Now and Then, Here and There
Posted in Sri Lanka, 1 year, 1 month agoIt’s the strangest thing: to be there one day and gone the next.
And I often think back to those final days, each one of them stretched out as if they had been swollen with tears. Those faces–not just the school children but half of Matara, it felt like.
When I picked up my last […]
