This past week has been a combination of lovely and sometimes comical happenings that have been unexpected but welcomed. I left the lovely town of Gula for Kampala after splashing through the dark and the rain to catch the 7 AM Post Bus last Monday. It was a decent ride and I sat by a … Read more
There’s always dirt here – never have gotten so dirty so quickly – and that’s just walking to work. But today was real dirt and we were up ears in it. Still picking clumps out of my hair from digging and being in the wrong place when others lobbed shovels of dirt through the air. … Read more
OK – are you sitting down? Not eating or drinking anything you may choke on when you finish gasping or laughing? Then you’re ready. Today we learned to castrate piglets. Well, to be honest I can’t say we really LEARNED it – that would imply that we had opportunity to practice it and that … Read more
Ah – rain. As a Texan who has often prayed for rain – I say ENOUGH! I like rain – the sound of it on a tin roof – it’s comforting. Today, however, I have had enough comfort. Laundry – done by hand in tubs of rainwater was hung with care and just as it … Read more