Life as a Zoo Creature in the Twilight Zone

Ah – are any of you out there old enough to remember the Twilight Zone episode where a man ends up in a different universe, is greeted by strange creatures who treat him well and even build him a house?  Come on….   I know some of you saw that one.  Awakening in his new digs … Read more

A Trip to the Pharmacy

Had an interesting totally Ugandan experience today in the Pharmacy of all places.   Allergies have been causing me terrible headaches over the last few days, to the extent that I left work today, a rarity for me.  So finally, after having taken everything in my own medical stash – all to no avail – BC … Read more

Mothzilla

t’s a Friday night and Gulu is poppin’.  Really – poppin – I don’t know if it gunfire or truck backfire.  It sounds a little ominous, but as usual – after 7PM I’m in for the night…  so whatever is happening will have to happen without me.   Life has settled into something akin to … Read more

A Week in the Rear View Mirror

Saturday, August 4th – our one-year-in-country mark, is now disappearing behind us and just a memory in the rear-view mirror.  That much anticipated anniversary passed without the marching band (which will march for almost any occasion) parading through the streets and no one celebrated our year of survival, tears, friendship and laughter but us.   … Read more