We are back from Technical Training – i.e. spending a few days immersed in the types of activities we may be encountering with our own NGO (non profits). It was a 6 hour ride in a bus filled with mostly Ugandans and live chickens. Yes – after a lunch break where, lusting after anything … Read more
Today felt a bit like turning a corner. We have 24 days of training left and have had both our personal assessments by trainers and a mock language test. The assessment was excellent and they even want 10 copies of my book (Moving Your Aging Parents) to begin looking at the aging population in Uganda. … Read more
Contrary to some rumors about my absence over the last two weeks or so, I have not been eaten, mauled by tigers or carried off into the bush. I’ve been off in Acholi Land for Language Immersion and a Future Site Visit to use PC terms (translate as Peace Corps terms – I quit worrying … Read more
Pinky is my family’s dog. Dogs are not pets here – they are the functional equivalent of a watchman. They are fed scraps and often (read usually) mistreated. There are wild dog packs that eat livestock and attack people (sometimes) if you dare to venture out at night to go to the latrine. Yes … Read more
I’m sitting here listening to the sound of soft rain falling on the tin roof as the storm which has been rumbling for the last hour moves away. Muddy red rivulets of water are rushing toward the road, Pinky – the ever faithful dog who has adopted me as part of his tribe and follows me … Read more
Hey everyone, Thanks for all your FB comments. Boy, ya mentioned slicing off the jewels and folks take notice. Richard, you are correct about the Feng Shui positioning of piglets. That certainly should be in the next book. And Agi, that doesn’t surprise me about your learning ALL those things and more in rural Hungary … Read more
OK – are you sitting down? Not eating or drinking anything you may choke on when you finish gasping or laughing? Then you’re ready. Today we learned to castrate piglets. Well, to be honest I can’t say we really LEARNED it – that would imply that we had opportunity to practice it and that … Read more