Monthly Archives: January 2024
JANUARY 23, TUESDAY
LIVING IN A BUBBLE It such a simple observation that it almost doesn’t seem worth mentioning. It is common sense. Cultures are very different. Everyone knows that. People in Sri Lanka speak Singhalese fluently. They wear slightly different clothing with
JANUARY 23, TUESDAY
LIVING IN A BUBBLE It such a simple observation that it almost doesn’t seem worth mentioning. It is common sense. Cultures are very different. Everyone knows that. People in Sri Lanka speak Singhalese fluently. They wear slightly different clothing with
JANUARY 22, MONDAY
BUDDHIST BEAUTY AND PEACEFULNESS Yesterday jet lag caught up with me and I went cross eyed by noon. But late in the afternoon as the day was cooling and the sun was setting on a cloudless day Winsor took me
JANUARY 22, MONDAY
BUDDHIST BEAUTY AND PEACEFULNESS Yesterday jet lag caught up with me and I went cross eyed by noon. But late in the afternoon as the day was cooling and the sun was setting on a cloudless day Winsor took me
JANUARY 21, SUNDAY
A DAY IN THE VILLAGE On Sunday Winsor and I with the Anuradhapura Coordinator’s wife and child drove a long way to a celebration of the ways in which Sarvodaya had helped their village, primarily with a nutrition program that
JANUARY 21, SUNDAY
A DAY IN THE VILLAGE On Sunday Winsor and I with the Anuradhapura Coordinator’s wife and child drove a long way to a celebration of the ways in which Sarvodaya had helped their village, primarily with a nutrition program that
JANUARY 20, SATURDAY
IMMERSED This was my second day in Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka, the ancient capitol of Sri Lanka. I arrived on Thursday and slept after the long drive from Colombo. Friday was a rest day and all I did was
JANUARY 20, SATURDAY
IMMERSED This was my second day in Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka, the ancient capitol of Sri Lanka. I arrived on Thursday and slept after the long drive from Colombo. Friday was a rest day and all I did was
JANUARY 19, FRIDAY
BEING HERE It is so simple, really, that I wonder why it amazes me. I am sitting in Swannanoa looking out at Four Brothers mountain with the low today of about zero, and then I sit in a plane (four
JANUARY 19, FRIDAY
BEING HERE It is so simple, really, that I wonder why it amazes me. I am sitting in Swannanoa looking out at Four Brothers mountain with the low today of about zero, and then I sit in a plane (four
JANUARY 18, THURSDAY
COMMOTION I arrived at Bandaranaike National Airport in Colombo at 5 a.m. Sri Lankan time, 5:30 p.m. Swannanoa time. Where I wandered from counter to counter after discovering I needed to pay $60 for a tourist visa available on entry,
JANUARY 18, THURSDAY
COMMOTION I arrived at Bandaranaike National Airport in Colombo at 5 a.m. Sri Lankan time, 5:30 p.m. Swannanoa time. Where I wandered from counter to counter after discovering I needed to pay $60 for a tourist visa available on entry,
JANUARY 17, WEDNESDAY
INDIAN BUREAUCRACY Again and again over the years I have run into Indian Bureaucracy, whether writing down all my computers when I entered India to make sure I took them out again or refusing on the last trip to India
JANUARY 17, WEDNESDAY
INDIAN BUREAUCRACY Again and again over the years I have run into Indian Bureaucracy, whether writing down all my computers when I entered India to make sure I took them out again or refusing on the last trip to India
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 15, MONDAY
SARVODAYA Tomorrow I leave for Sri Lanka. In the early 1980’s Chris Ahrens, an adjunct at Warren Wilson College told me about Sarvodaya, a Gandhian Buddhist village development program in Sri Lanka. Before this I had taken several groups of
JANUARY 15, MONDAY
SARVODAYA Tomorrow I leave for Sri Lanka. In the early 1980’s Chris Ahrens, an adjunct at Warren Wilson College told me about Sarvodaya, a Gandhian Buddhist village development program in Sri Lanka. Before this I had taken several groups of
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