The whole western coast of Sri Lanka, south of Colombo, certainly, is like one giant resort. It presents nearly one uniform stretch of fabulous, west-facing beach with glorious sunsets coming up at dusk, daily. However, where we happen to be staying, Koggala, is not quite a city. More like a hamlet, with a handful of […]

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  We were sitting on the balcony of our room, reading, not doing much, which pretty much is the point of being here … when Leah spotted several figures swimming in the Indian Ocean, about the same distance from shore she had been the day before. These swimmers, however, were local guys, teens, by the […]

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Awful events often seem to rise from the mundane. Bad assumptions, a lack of information, a series of unforeseen outcomes. Some cable TV stations have lots of programming like that, the wing nut that fails and leads to disaster. In this case it was personal and not theoretical, and it was happening in front of […]

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Mostly an overcast, cloudy day. Known to happen this time of year, on the former Ceylon. The rainy season is usually over by now, but not always, clearly. In the afternoon, when the drizzle let up, we decided to go for a walk in the neighborhood. Just up the street, looking for a grocery to […]

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When you live outside your country of origin, you soon notice that a whole new batch of destinations are within a “reasonable” plane trip. Which begins to explain why we are now in the little town of Koggala, Sri Lanka. Well, and for some other good reasons.

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