OK – It feels like I should be feeling a lightening of load – having made it through almost a year. And in truth, it does feel like we are getting close to something that might feel like we are on the down hill side. But that is 11 months in country and NOT 11 … Read more
I am sad to say that the animal rights people will be celebrating the unsuccessful termination of one rat, said to have met its demise at the time of the last post. I celebrated prematurely it would seem. I left the house to shop and allow the rat time to stop its thrashing before I … Read more
Saturday – I’ve been up officially since 5:30 AM having been tripping in and out of sleep most of the night. That’s why I love Costco’s Sleep Aid (which I brazenly declined last night) – I can sometimes get through the night without hearing each new chorus of activity from God knows where – that’s … Read more
I think I’m slipping into the abyss… I am beginning to enjoy – or a least be able to laugh about – some of the chaos of Kampala. Help me. It must be the Stockholm Syndrome – isn’t that the one where abductees begin identifying with their captors? I’ve been working at PC HQ … Read more
In the absolutely random world we know as Peace Corps the odd or merely unusual is not far from our doorstep. Sometimes, it is ON the doorstep, but not this time. These are mostly tales of cows with a rooster thrown in for good measure. The cows here in Uganda are unusual; except for the … Read more