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A friend of mine's son is a stone carver. He fell in love with calligraphy years ago, so quit his job at IBM to become a carver of graceful messages on slate slabs. My father gave me one of these gems for my birthday one year. It translated as, 'The ordinary and sacred live together.' I love that stone and its wisdom, so even after many years I still have it carefully placed in my home.
Life has taken me to many places. Currently I reside in Japan, where I have lived for just shy of twenty years. Even though I have tried to immerse myself in this culture, I find I am not only still very much a foreigner, but am often caught by surprise by unexpected things that go on here. Read more...
Twenty eighth April was a great day of anticipation for us in Colombo. Something was going right for Sri Lanka for a change. Sri Lanka had worked its way to the finals and was facing Australia at the Cricket Word Cup played in Barbados. Australia turned out better beating Sri Lanka in a rain sodden game. Losing the match that night would have been ok, but to have Colombo pounded from the sky by terrorist bombs took the cake.
It really hit home again the next night when our second daughter Aitana (11 years) came to our bed and said she is scared to sleep. The day had gone ok, but night time brought her terror. Read more...
