It’s very rare that I start a story with a title. But sometimes it so happens that someone will say something that catches my attention. It happens even more rarely that I actually have a story that goes with that title. This is one such time. Less than a week since I returned from a […]
But alone-ness doesn’t have to mean loneliness. I’ve become so comfortable with me, that encountering other people who share my enthusiasm for fun and adventure is a pleasant surprise. But the presence or absence of other people is no longer a dictating factor for fun. In fact more and more I find myself giving into my […]
Seattle, Washington I wonder if there is some symbolic reality in the fact that I can’t finish any of my stories. And yet I dream and dream of a completed manuscript. I even dream of being turned down; laughed away by a editor/publisher, because that’s how its supposed to be. I’m supposed to dream, and […]
Originally posted on The Fight In Me:We humans are very good at sweating the details, and yet,as morbid as this might sound, we all die in the end. Everyone’s end is just the same, all stories end the same way. No matter where in life you come from, rich, poor, good, bad, beautiful, ugly:…
Sometimes as I walk down the street in stark daylight, I feel him take my hand, thread his fingers through mine. I’m afraid to look because I know he won’t be there. He leans against the wall beside me when I am outside breathing in the cold of autumn and the heat of a cigarette. […]
Originally posted on The Fight In Me:I open my eyes and the silence is complete. My eye lids flutter and I hear distant echoes of swords crashing together, and pained cries of men as they fall. Against anothers steele, and the fearful whiniying of horses on the battlefield. My hand, familiar with the routine,…
Social media is wonderful because it keeps you aware of news and opinions and mainstream everything. Facebook often informs me of natural disasters a well as pop culture disasters (The Kimye music video, “Friday Friday” song are some prime examples of things I wish I’d never seen.) Then once in awhile in addition to the […]
Liefde, First of all you should know, I don’t remember much of what happened or what I said. But the one truth is that I am in love with you. I’ve been falling steadily over the past few months. Honestly, it is only the guilty feeling in my heart that makes me think I kissed […]
While we’re on the subject of love (and aren’t we ALWAYS on the subject of love) why do people think a happy ending to a love story means two people end up together forever? From what I’ve seen and learned in my 27 years on this planet, it’s more likely than not, ending up together […]
This story was written down almost in real-time. So many of the other stories happened and got told and retold profusely before being written that I started to question the credibility of them; my own stories. I mean, what are we other than a collection of stories? Each collection seemingly unique from the other, but […]
What is Meditation? Meditation is the development of our mind. In order to improve the mind, we must first recognize and understand our mind. To achieve this we must first gather our mind to us. The training we give the mind to bring it to one place, and focus on one thing is called mindful […]
This past week was the holiest of Buddhist holidays. Vesak is the night of Birth, Englightenment and Death of Lord Buddha and falls each year on the Full moon day in May. This year it fell on the 4th. Sri Lanka is lit in bright, colourful lanterns; the towns and villages are crowded with “pilgrims” going around […]
There is a lot to be said about race relations in America. With protests and riots sparking up in various states is clear that there is a problem. The question that America is focused on is not so much “why” people are rising up, but “how” people are showing their displeasure about the state of […]
*Credit for this wisdom, simple lesson goes to Rev. Hantane Dhammagawesi who i have mentioned previously here, as my spirit guide. It is common misunderstanding that Buddhism is about recognizing the Dissatisfaction/the suffering/the sorrow in life. But the true premise of Buddhism is about learning how to remove dissatisfaction in order to live in eternal […]
One afternoon we were chatting… Me- We should come here, to Stresa -Italy- together, one summer. Pretend we are old world female writers, fighting against the chauvinistic world of literature and spend hours sitting on our balcony (facing the lake ideally) clacking away on our computers (only because typewriters would be too loud, and disturb […]
This is a reflection about a Great man, Richard Kulatunga, who lived a Great life. It is written in the first person, but I write on behalf of my siblings and cousins, and all the “kids” who were touched by his Greatness. This is a simple memory of my Grandfather, a humble reflection on my […]
First let me set the scene. This morning i landed in Amsterdam, and from there flew to Milan. A car picked me up and brought me to Stresa, a little (what used to be) fishing village on the edge of Lake Maggiore, but for some centuries has been the go to vacation destination for people […]
A friend of mine who is quickly getting sucked into the delicious world of cricket sent me a speech made by the Late Mr. Lakshman Kadirgama. He was a great man, taken tragically from our country. I am honored to stand among him as a Sri Lankan Cricket fan. There is no one else like […]
A dense fog rises off of the freshly fallen snow, and envelopes the house. Only shadows that stand still, while the mist moves ghostlike with the wind, is evidence of a world beyond. I stepped outside of the house and started walking into the fog. Soon i was far enough that i could no longer […]
In real life, if Chris Kyle and I met in the street we probably wouldn’t be immediate friends. We come from entirely different worlds, and to be quite honest, he comes from a world that i had little time for; A world i don’t understand, and can’t relate to; a world as foreign to me […]