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That's when I want you - you knower of my emptiness, you unspeaking partner to my sorrow. That's when I need you, God, like food. - Rainer Maria Rilke

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Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:26:00 GMT

Abram

It's Monday now, and we have a full day planned. Ashley is leaving on Tuesday and there are errands to run, special order necklaces to pick up, and goodbyes to say. There are also three sick babies ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:20:00 GMT

Suubi (Or, Hope)

You have got to be kidding me, I think, when I awake Sunday morning at 4am. The muezzin isn't even up yet! I take half an Ambien and crawl back to bed. Four more blessed hours of sleep and I am feel...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:19:00 GMT

The First Few Days

Uganda is a predominantly Christian nation, but (especially in towns) there is a sizable Muslim population, and I wake early Thursday morning to the muezzin's call to prayer, echoing solemnly in the d...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:17:00 GMT

Kulika Yo (Or, Welcome to Uganda)

I arrive in Entebbe at just after 7am on Wednesday, bleary-eyed with exhaustion, move easily through customs and claim my bags. Outside, a stout, square-faced man is holding a brightly-colored sign b...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:16:00 GMT

London

So I left Denver at 8.15pm on Monday, June 30. My itinerary, which ends with my arrival in Entebbe, Uganda on Wednesday morning, includes a lengthy layover in London  nine hours, to be exact. I've ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:14:00 GMT

Here I Go Again

Of all the people I have ever met who have been to Africa  who have spent any significant amount of time there, anyway  I have never met one who hasn't wanted to go back. Maybe it's because Africa ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:11:00 GMT

Necessary Fiction

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Posted by on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:57:00 GMT

Naked

So I know this isn't Africa-related, which is what I'd limited myself to in this blog, but - I just got naked.  Like, REALLY naked.  Although not "actually" naked - more...metaph...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:45:00 GMT

The Last Word

It's happening again.This time, I am at Logan Airport in Boston, about to embark on the penultimate leg of my journey home. I'm going to Vegas to hang out with my Auntie Beth for a couple of days and ...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:50:00 GMT