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Read more: 148. The middle of the middle148. The middle of the middle
There’s a particular kind of humility that comes from being assigned seat 28E. The middle. The mathematical centre of other people’s discomfort, for thirteen hours, from Los Angeles to Aotearoa. To my right: a woman whose body had simply outgrown the architecture around it (and the bones buried within it). Her flesh pressed warmly against…
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58.On getting 30 000 out of the ATM.
Read more: 58.On getting 30 000 out of the ATM.I don’t know. Isn’t it time they just knocked a couple of zeroes off and started again?
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57. Bentota Bridge Club.
Read more: 57. Bentota Bridge Club.We have the makings of a sit-com right here on Bentota Beach, on the South Coast of Sri Lanka. I met a man at yoga early yesterday morning. He was with an elegant female friend and they were the earnest ones in the back row. I was the slightly shambolic late arrival in the front…
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56. Mobile temple for drive by worshipping.
Read more: 56. Mobile temple for drive by worshipping.
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55. On giving thanks
Read more: 55. On giving thanksWe all have a lot to be grateful for I’m sure. I know I do. And in the main, I’m pretty good at counting my blessings. But being in this Buddhist country, the opportunities to pause a while are many. Little temples with serene Buddhas rest on every corner, and rarely is someone not taking…
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54. Accommodating me.
Read more: 54. Accommodating me.This place smells. We’re staying at a place called Elephant Reach, or should that be Retch? It’s not an unbearable smell, just kind of an eu de two star that permeates the sweet jungle air. I think it’s a combination of cheap motel soap (smells the same all over the world that I can tell)…
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53. Next time I get no action for a couple of weeks, maybe I won’t call it a drought.
Read more: 53. Next time I get no action for a couple of weeks, maybe I won’t call it a drought.
Secret Royalty On Tour 