A Nod to Nigeria
Posted in Uncategorized, 4 months, 1 week agoI would like to highlight a wonderful blog written by a friend who is beginning a two-year Voluntary Service Overseas Canada experience in Birnim-Kebbi, an arid town in northwest Nigeria.
Christine “Coco” Roschaert has the luxury of having internet access at her Nigerian home, so she gets to blog far more frequently than I ever […]
Essential Rice, Escalating Prices
Posted in Food, Sri Lanka, 4 months, 2 weeks agoI have often written about food in Sri Lanka. It was a delightful part of my experience there, and continues to be a part of my life even today. I sip Dilmah Tea (actually, I used to until we ran out last month), and I still can’t stop eating with my fingers every now and […]
Return to Ceylon
Posted in Uncategorized, 4 months, 2 weeks agoThis was the last picture I took of Rohana Special School before I left nearly a year ago. It was six o’clock at night, and as usual, the children and matrons were lined up, girls on the left and boys on the right, in front of the school temple. The boys had already placed a […]
Fiduciary Privilege and Serendipity
Posted in Uncategorized, 4 months, 3 weeks agoIt was last May when “Hong Kong” suddenly entered our daily Sri Lankan Sign Language vocabulary. I was talking with Naizer, the president of the deaf association in Matara, when he said something about a new five-year scholarship for deaf people to study flowers.
Because agriculture is part of the school curriculum in Sri Lanka, […]
