The closest translation to that is Happy New Year and as it turns out New Year’s Eve is THE big celebration of the year. And frankly celebrating the birth of 2012, which is supposed to be a momentous year in evolutionary and spiritual terms, in Uganda is a bit surreal. I keep thinking I should … Read more
Christmas dawned bright and clear on this little island in the middle of the Nile, reachable only by canoe. Considering that I was away from family and old friends and the familiarity of Christmas at home (including cold weather) – it was the best possible, breathtakingly gorgeous and spent with good people. Surrounded … Read more
You all know I have two sons. One, I communicate regularly with by phone. That would be Brett, Director, Ski Patrol, Timberline) on the mountain, risking life-and-limb every day as I see it. The oldest is Travis, in the city now after coming back from a lucrative IT defense contractor post in Bagdad, a job … Read more
First of all – it is NOT raining… just thought I’d clear that up. But certainly it is getting ready to – nice overcast skies – perfect for sitting outside as I hobbled (less obviously, but still enough to attract comment due crutches and new blue) to the Kabira Country Club again to enjoy another … Read more
It’s 5-something o’clock in the morning in my room at the Bukoto Guest House tucked down a nearly impassable road in Kampala and the music is still blaring from a club on the main road. Nightclub noise is ubiquitous – the only place I have not felt the throbbing of bass or the pounding, repetitive … Read more
Hey Everyone – having been away from my organization, LABE (Literacy and Adult Basic Education), for a while I got a little derailed on a project we started before I left. I’m still not back at site, but am thinking forward to jump-starting what I know will be a fun and important program. Northern … Read more
Well I think I may have been at medical too long… I know this, because everyday when I come in and sit down on the comfy black Naugahyde couch and put my hoof up and await the process of re-bandaging, the random comments one hears range from “Hey, howyadoin? Get those test results back? No?” … Read more
Good news abounds. First my foot and mobility have improved to the point that I can move to a location where I have to fend for myself. Now how is this good news…. The care I have received at the hands of Nurse Betsy has surpassed any care I have received anywhere. She is … Read more
Written on Saturday. Sitting here with my hoof up – as one friend has called it, I’m listening to the wind rustle and the first spattering of rain. Soon I’ll make an effort to get presentable for dinner with the Country Director of Peace Corps, a rare treat. What to wear – I’ve brought … Read more
So catching up… To those of you who noticed that I have “been lost,” thank you. And the story is: Somehow I have managed to avoid the ordinary things that bring one to medical in Peace Corps Uganda: Malaria, Diarrhea, Falls, Mango Flies, Tsetse Flies…. Yet I have been in Kampala Medical since Saturday receiving … Read more