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...
August 29, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
In the land of tea In Ella Sri Lanka, are surrounded by tea plantations. While the tea plantation hills of Ella are beautiful in their own right, they were once native forests. The forest was felled to make way for the tea—a form of terraforming described by Amitav...
August 29, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
An adventure of getting lost We climbed Ella Rock this morning. It was an adventure of getting lost, which we are quite sure is the strategy of the locals, as the moment you appear lost, someone shows up to guide you – for a fee. We do not quibble this, given...
