Author: LMAshton

Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.
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It’s still monsoon season. And right now, that also means Dengue Fever season.

I know this because it’s still raining. Still as in all night and all day today. I…

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The military is on alert.

The President has put the military on alert because of the bombing. Fahim doesn’t know what that…

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Police station bombed

Today, a bomb went off in a police station. I was in Bambalapitiya (and I sure do…

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Pure Bee Honey

Is there another kind? :p Well, yes, actually, and scarily enough. At the grocery store, we can…

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Dengue Fever?

Fahim thinks he’s caught something, and he’s not sure what, but he has a fever, and dengue…

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Shopping Experiences

I did some shopping on my way home from fixing a computer today. I had a few…

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Postal Codes? We don’t need no stinkin’ postal codes!

Postal codes a problem? Nope. Sri Lanka has postal codes, it’s true, but no one in Sri…

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Computer repairs in Sri Lanka

I’m getting into doing computer repairs for various people from church. It seems to happen wherever I…

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Gotukola Sambol

I made Gotukola Sambol today for the first time ever. I’ve had it – frequently, the packets…

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Rain Rain Go Away Don’t Come Back For Another Day

Monsoon continues. It’s dark today. It’s a few minutes before 8 am, and it’s so overcast that,…

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Monsoon continues

It’s dark today. It’s a few minutes before 8 am, and it’s so overcast that, even with…

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Things that go Boo!

I’ve mentioned how the Boneeto cheese commercials freak me out. They also have milk commercials. With the…

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Fur-Bound Adventure at the Animal Welfare and Protection Agency

Richard wants me to do an article on the stray dog situation here. I’m all fine with…

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The Mango Tree

And I’m not referring to one growing in someone’s backyard. Nope. I’m referring to the restaurant by…

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Police Most Corrupt Organization

On the local news, at least the one in English, most mornings, perhaps all mornings? the news…

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monkey on rooftop

Fahim’s been talking, sporadically, about a monkey on a rooftop that he can see out our living…

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Internet. Yay.

Yeah, I know. Blog is having problems. I published today, but somehow the images didn’t work. Boo…

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More on Monsoons

I know I don’t talk about the monsoon every day – even though it’s happening every day….

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And then there were none. . .

That was what I wanted, anyway. The frenetic dancing ants were back. Ugh. I had to de-insect…

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If the Tamils have their own police. doesn’t that mean they already have their own state?

Yeah. I don’t know either, but it sure does pose an interesting question. . . . Watching…

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invasion of the tiny frenetic dancing ants

Ugh. You do NOT want to be living in my house right now. I’ve talked (written) a…

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Fahim Finds Floss

Fahim went to the grocery store and picked up a few things. Among them was floss. What?…

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It’s all the government’s fault! Everything!

On the drive back, I was in a car with Nehal and Lionel. Lionel, if I had…

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Negumbo again

I went to Negumbo again today. I was hoping to have a family history consultant to train,…

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homemaking – compassionate service project

We, along with Colombo 2nd Branch, put together 300 newborn kits for destitute mothers at the DeSoysa…