LATEST ENTRY
- Birdhouses: Single-page Flickr Gallery
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2010.04.08 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Birdhouses, Birds, Projects
A number of people have recently asked me to create a single-page view of some of our birdhouses. Those people writing about the work, for example, I suppose, want better access to photos, even after I’ve pulled birdhouses already purchased out of the store. And buyers have told me they find having easy online access to images of their birdhouses convenient for sharing with friends.
So, here you go: Tsunami Birdhouses on Flickr
I’ll try to try to leave the following gallery relatively static, but will try to tidy up the store and remove products no longer available, on a regular basis. Please let me know if this is satisfactory.
- On Heat and Bedding
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2010.03.28 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Travel, Trivia
I enjoy Sri Lanka immensely. The beaches, the mountains, the wildlife and birds, the smiles that come from everywhere. Still, I have a couple of complaints. Forgive me or the rant, but are you listening?
The country is effing hot. The heat and humidity never end. I think Southeast Asian cultures eat a lot of chilies simply to make sweating more efficient. I’m sweating constantly. Every day I seem women wearing black burkas walking around under the noon sun and wonder how they don’t consider their religious clothing requirement torture.
I used to say places like Florida and Hawaii were so humid that one has to take a bath five minutes after getting out of the shower. In Sri Lanka, one has to take another shower WHILE IN the shower.
Ceiling fans, which are common here, provide some relief from the mozzies and the heat. But from room to room, I find there are two settings–slow and prepare for take-off. The latter speed provides some relief from the heat but the mechanism holding the fan to the ceiling–a small metal rod with a base and a couple of screws directly above the bed–is precarious to say the least. It jostles and shakes and looks so flimsy it’s hard to sleep for fear the thing will lose its hold and, well, you get the picture.
This leads me to my second complaint. The whole of Sri Lanka needs to discover mattresses. No matter where one goes, often even to the best hotels, mattresses comprise little more than a five- or six-inch thick “pad” stuffed with, I don’t know, something hard. Marbles maybe. Wing nuts. I imagine there’s a great opportunity for a mattress revolution here. I suppose I can add that to the list of other conflicts.
I most certainly am craving my own mattress. A little California weather. A meal that does NOT include either rice OR curry. Some relief from the heat for chrissakes! Sri Lanka, I love you, but as an outsider sometimes you can be a grind!
Image : Aníbal Pees
- Great Sri Lankan Food in California
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2010.03.11 \ No Comments \ Filed under: About Sri Lanka, Food, People
I love Sri Lankan food. LOVE it. Spicy. Rice and Curry. Deviled (hot!) fish and pork and calamari. Jack fruit. But after months in the country I begin to need something different: pizza. A burger. Nachos. Mmmmm. That’s why it’s unusual for me to crave a Sri Lankan restaurant in the US, in Santa Cruz, called the Pearl of the Ocean. It’s legitimate Sri Lanka fare, but owner Ayoma pairs foods in her own refreshing way. If you’re in the area, check it out and let me know what you think.
- A Place for Warmth and Wishes
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2009.12.31 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Birdhouses, Projects, Wildlife
I just received this photo from a new (birdhouse) owner in Bend, Oregon. It always pleases me to see photos from happy homeowners and this is the first I’ve seen yet with snow!
Happy new year to all. Here’s to a new year (and decade) of peace, joy, and economic recovery.
OLDER ENTRIES
- Birdhouses: Single-page Flickr Gallery
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2010.04.08 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Birdhouses, Birds, Projects
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A number of people have recently asked me to create a single-page view of some of our birdhouses…here you go: Tsunami Birdhouses on Flickr
- On Heat and Bedding
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2010.03.28 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Travel, Trivia
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I used to say places like Florida and Hawaii were so humid that one has to take a bath five minutes after getting out of the shower. In Sri Lanka, one has to take another shower WHILE IN the shower.
- Great Sri Lankan Food in California
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2010.03.11 \ No Comments \ Filed under: About Sri Lanka, Food, People
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I love Sri Lankan food. LOVE it. Spicy. Rice and Curry. Deviled (hot!) fish and pork and calamari. Jack fruit. Here’s a place to try it in Santa Cruz, California.
- One Black Bird
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2009.07.14 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Arts & Culture, Birdhouses, Friends, partners
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If I’m lucky, someone who I’ll intersect with will not only feel that, but will also decide to make, a connection with me that’s more personal, and even generative, where projects merge and take new shapes.
- Is there a doctor in the house?
- By Sean T. Kelly on 2009.06.09 \ No Comments \ Filed under: Activities, Health, Human Rights, Medicine, Projects, Travel, War
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Medical services are in great need for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at camps in the north. If you’re interested in helping and have the time to travel to Sri Lanka, get in touch and we can discuss it further.