Leavings never get easier… In the insane cacophony of this particular Sunday morning – which started off nicely enough with a slow rain, the soft patter having been rudely replaced by a trio of workers descending onto my front porch with all the gear to “slash” the grass – my good friend Karla has left … Read more
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
Yes – I know a long silence. I have returned from Kampala where I spent almost a week organizing PC headquarters after attending a Train-the-Trainer workshop. Arranged the Country Director’s Office, Reception and the PCV lounge, where volunteers do research, have access to computers, generally hang-out when they’re here for medical or anything administrative. … Read more
Hi folks – Happy Mother’s Day! Sitting in a web-cafe in Kampala and have – at long last – been able to get sufficient internet connectivity to upload some new pictures. These are of the Gulu house, accessed through this heavy gate, which is locked at night. I know some of you are picturing me … Read more
No travel log today, unless one considers this a travel log of the nooks-and-crannies of my mind. Could be dangerous going there. Reminds me of a time when a client of mine in West Virginia, living at the edge of an old, flooded quarry invited me to go canoeing with her into the partially flooded … Read more
Raining…. Glorious long, slow rain foretold by black skies and great gusts of wind, accompanied by rolling thunder. We’ve had a lot of this and at some point I will tire of it, but it takes me back to the excited anticipation of hurricanes in Louisiana and the quickening of my pulse when the … Read more