From Stan Our Man

By Stan Stalla

Additional Column Posts (1 - 9 of 9)

• Thoughts for Thanksgiving

  By Stan Stalla - Nov 24
  Not long ago, I was driving up Belfast’s Miller Street, toward the pond and Hannaford’s, beyond. A lady in an iridescent yellow vest stepped into ...
  

• Gliding

  By Stan Stalla - Apr 28
  A while back, I was walking down an aisle of the chain discount store Target. While my friend pushed the shopping cart, dodging oncoming "traffic" ...
  

• Split-pea soup and the meaning of life

  Dec 30
  Take a leftover ham hock from Christmas dinner. Put it in a large pot (a lobster pot will do, if your cooking accoutrements are limited). Pour in ...
  
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  Time

  By Stan Stalla - Dec 09
  Standing in a small crowd, drinks in hand, someone asked me yesterday what I had planned for post-Sri Lanka. I gave it a moment's thought, then ...
  

• The ubiquitous lunch packet

  By Stan Stalla - Nov 19
  There are a variety of ways that an office worker in Sri Lanka can meet his lunch needs. Most common is to bring a plastic container of rice and ...
  

• Desperation

  By Stan Stalla - Jul 14
  Washington, D.C., is a terrific capital city. For instance, take the Mall. There are vantage points to see impressive monuments commemorating ...
  

• Displaced

  By Stan Stalla - Jan 27
  As I prepare to mobilize for the U.S. Government's Haiti Response Team, I pause for a moment to reflect on what it means to be displaced. Having ...
  

• Foraging

  By Stan Stalla - Dec 23
  It's mid-December. I'm standing in the broad aisle of a large chain discount department store on the East Coast of the United States. Christmas ...
  
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  A tale of two Thanksgiving moments

  By Stan Stalla - Dec 01
  Thanksgiving moment number one Earlier this week, a work friend, Andrea, and I entered the Vanni. An area of Sri Lanka's Northern Province, the ...