September 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Simple Guides to Live By Treat others kindly first. Be aware of your surroundings and the spaces you share. Know that everything can change, even things that feel impossible. Take your turn. Give first. Ask for what you need to be able to do your best work, even if...
September 3, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
No waves at Snapper Rocks It is a rare event, perhaps three times a year. The ocean is flat. We have returned to the familiar. A great coffee at our local, no instructions required. Meanwhile, the horror in the Middle East continues. On the journey home, I watched...
September 1, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
Owning your space I have loved the dogs of Sri Lanka. They are mostly well cared for, and while skinny, they are not starved. This dog took her place in the middle of one of the busiest intersections in downtown Kandy. The crazy buses whizzing by, tuk-tuks, cars,...
September 1, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
The benefit of trust Today is our last day in Sri Lanka. It has been the right amount of discovery and adventure, plus two weeks of surfing. On our first afternoon in Kandy, we were scammed. A young man picked us out of the crowds and pretended he knew us from our...
August 31, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs, Syntropic Enterprise
Asbestos, asbestos everywhere In 2015 the government of Sri Lanka changed. The new government proposed a ban on asbestos, to be fully in place in 2018, but was pushed back to 2024. The producers of asbestos applied pressure. The producers are Russian companies. They...
