Gayani Jayathilake
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Over the mountains
The sun shone bright over the high risen limestone this morn. The mountains leisurely disrobed foggy petticoats and frills of clouding to display brilliant hemlines of pine to a bypassing hiker. Storytellers and word mongers were already out and about to write nonsense about them. Some turned crude royal families in to stone and lodged…
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Sri Lanka, where the gracious hearted are
There is a story apart from the greenery, wildlife, culture, blue beaches, history, resources and skills that comes to mind when I think about Sri Lanka. The immense hospitality. Fruit one household picked was never eaten alone. It was shared with neighbours. Cooked or uncooked. Step into a house, known or unknown, you will get…
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Sharing space with nature
Out the window , through the skies scarred by months of gloom peaked the sun. A tinge of its rays had managed to squeeze in through the cloud demons to take a peek on us that day. The snow had melted from the rooftops. The magpies on the roof did their tail lifting dance against…
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When nothing works out, grab that tiny speck of solace.
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence in between.” Wolfgang Mozart When everything falls apart, when your beloved world around you feels like it is collapsing and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it, what can you really do? I do not mean mild simple day to day problems…
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Homegrown colour
Picture this. On a warm summer day, there I sat in my mini version of a tiny jungle. All my energy had been wreaked off me for the past couple months, because of the novel project I have wrapped and parceled myself in. Sadly this is why my blog gets less care these days. But…
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Sri Lankan Pickle (Sinhala Accharu)
Last year, during the time of the Sinhala New Year, I found myself downright in a pickle kind of a situation. So, I made pickle. Jokes apart, I literally made pickle. This is what happened. The Sri Lankan New Year / the Sinhala Tamil New Year was fast approaching and the usual boasting and gloat…
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Trip to land of leeches–Ilukkumbura, Sri Lanka
So this is one article I dreaded to post. Not because this village was invaded by leeches. But because it is such a beautiful village unknown to many, hidden away amidst the forest and most importantly untouched, that I dread taking part in disposing beautiful untouched scenic villages like this to human polluters. Yes. I…
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A week of Green Gruel – කොළ කැඳ (koḷa kæn̆da)
So we were back in tropical heaven, Sri Lanka, on vacation. Our first week here we were blessed to be able to try out various Kola kenda recipes. Green smoothies, a super healthy and energy boosting drink, enriched with herbs. Sri Lanka has an abundance of these culinary, medicinally valued ingredients. So, I figured I…
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Colourful self hypnosis for the beautiful mind
I paint. I paint my dreams. I paint the way I see the world. I paint the way I want to see the world. Most mornings I wake up wanting to paint a perfect world. But I always manage to paint a teeny weeny part of it. Actually a minuscule part of “teeny weeny”…
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Recollection of day two in Polonnaruwa
So, here’s the rest of my Polonnaruwa trip. (Which apparently took months to publish.) So after the first few day’s in and around a few places in Polonnaruwa we were hoping we would have more luck with the weather. We started our day with perfect Sri Lankan Black Tea. Next we had ourselves a hearty…
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