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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Cancer Hospital

I went to the Cancer Hospital with an LDS Charities missionary couple from church and Karu Gamage…

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RCCI – Rehabilitation Centre for the Communication Impaired

Our first stop after picking up the Bennions, missionaries with LDS Charities with the LDS church, was…

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Today was a Very Full Day

And it’s only 1pm. This morning at 8:30, I met Karu Gamage from Overseas School of Columbo…

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Television Programming

There’s one station here that broadcasts cultural stuff. Dancing and whatever. It’s in a language I don’t…

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Fahim’s Got Some Strange Friends

This afternoon, while I was working on catching up my blog – this one, as a matter…

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Stork

I’d never seen one before. Apparently, they exist here. I say that because Fahim has taken pictures…

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Blog.exe

Blog 8.0 Alpha/Beta by Fahim A. Farook We apologize for any technical difficulties. For this blog, I…

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Jaggery

When Fahim and I went grocery shopping, we decided to buy a block of jaggery. If you…

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OSC Revisited

I went to OSC again today. Or OCS, depending on whether you go by the new name…

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Guns and More Guns

On the way home from church, we passed by a whole heck of a lot of armed…

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One Thousand and One Ways to Use Coconuts

While I was waiting for Marlene and her girls to go to church together, I admired something…

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Thunder and Lightning and Destruction, Oh My

We had a thunder and lightning storm today. And a funny thing happened, too. Right as thunder…

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Always Always the Cows

On the way home, we encountered more cows. Oh come on, you were expecting this, weren’t you?…

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Cows Are My Life

I’m pretty sure it seems that way to some of you at least. Could it be because…

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Cows. Always the cows.

Oh, yeah. Cows. Today was hugely a cow day. In the span of about a half hour,…

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Sri Lanka’s President Declared a State of Emergency

Politically, some interesting stuff has been happening lately. Understand that, of course, I don’t understand these things…

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Readerware

I mentioned a program that Fahim and I settled on for cataloguing our books, movies, and cds….

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I Didn’t Sleep Too Well Last Night

Have I mentioned that there are lots of stray dogs? They have no owners, therefore no one…

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To Blog Or Not To Blog

Isn’t really the question. The question is . . . How much can I actually catch up?…

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Ox and Wagon

I’ve talked about them before. This guy leads an ox and wagon past our house about once…

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More on Septic Tanks

This morning, the guys Mr Perera, yon owner who’s supposed to arrange for things to be fixed,…

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Thunder, Lightning, and Monsoons

Have I mentioned we’re in monsoon season? I kid, I know I have. Today, right now, at…

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Gordon R. Dickson vs Robert Asprin

Okay, not really. Let me see. I’m reading Gordon R. Dickson’s Dragon Knight books now, and I’m…

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Septic Tanks Are a Pain in the Butt

Saranjeet, our downstairs neighbor, called tonight saying that he had arranged for someone to come by to…

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LDS Missionaries – Harmless?

Yeah, they are. For the most part. Like all groups of people, there are always the few…