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
Early morning here. This one is quiet – oh so blissfully quiet. The rainy season does that. Since I was able to sleep without earplugs last night, I can awaken to these subtle sounds as slow drips become a soft patter on the tin roof. Jenna (housemate) is away and the young PCV who was … Read more
It was a day like any other – somehow, except that it started in Kampala. I awoke at 5:30 AM, not to the Call to Prayer this time or roosters, but courtesy of the hotel cleaning staff. This morning’s headache from the three sips of beer (it’s hell getting old) I’d had the night … Read more