It’s the last day in Uganda. “How to spend it,” was my first question – now beginning to be fully aware and a little panicked that I’ve missed something! Well – of course I have – but most of it is too late to capture now – so I’ll have t be satisfied with small … Read more
It’s 4:30 AM on the next to last night in Gulu. I’ve been awake since 1:30 – the pre-leaving middle of the night “what-ifs” have jolted me awake. Last night I dreamed I was at the airport and not one, but two groups of little Ugandan school kids had taken all the seats available on … Read more
As I began writing this, the power was off and I sat in an almost empty house in the soft glow of candlelight. It’s a memory I’ll have forever. To keep it from getting spooky, I spaced tea-candles in the hall offering little puddles of light from living room to bedroom. I loved it! And … Read more
The Broken Digit: Ordinarily, one wouldn’t bother to write a blog about a broken finger. There are plenty of worse things and more interesting, but I think you’ll enjoy or possibly gasp some of this. let me say though – up front – that the actual doctors involved in this were excellent: professional, caring and … Read more
Started on September 23… Perched in a cushioned blocky wooden chair on the front porch of Carpe Diem Guesthouse overlooking Lake Victoria in Entebbe, it’s 7-ish on a cool, misty morning as I drain my cup of French press coffee. Birds twitter and there’s an occasional rooster down below. Every once is a while a … Read more
“Defiling pupil is a crime” This is not a blog I would have thought of writing earlier, but a lot of topics we would consider taboo in the States are just part of the fabric of life here. Even though it’s OK to show Milie Cyrus gyrating on stage and we think nothing of violence … Read more
The following is the truth – nothing but the truth – so help me Gulu: It’s going on two weeks without eggs in Gulu and it will be another week before egg delivery. Somewhere I suppose there were eggs hiding out in small clutches – there are certainly chickens. Perhaps they are on strike. … Read more
After the gloom and doom of the last blog, I thought I’d send along some lighter fare and in the way that the universe sometimes colludes with humans, a story delivered itself as I walked to work this morning. Gulu in the morning – no that is not a song title – is filled with … Read more
Fortunately, some time has passed and some of this has leveled out; but this is real life in Uganda. It’s been a couple of weeks of reality checks. These are not pleasant, but things are improving – or I am adjusting. It started the week after my return from Zanzibar when I got a … Read more
I’ve been sleeping around…. Now that I have your attention, I’m baaack from “sleeping around,” the Ugandan expression for having been traveling and sleeping somewhere else…So yes, I’m happy to say I’ve been “sleeping around” in the wonderful world of sand and sea, blue waters, seafood, fresh breezes, pina-coladas, shopping and reading under the … Read more