MAMBO |
HELLO FROM ZANZIBAR!!!Mambo wote- Gday everyone! We're bumming around the beach. Some drama this week which I'll keep off the blog till it concludes...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:22:00 GMT |
Carpentry |
Disregarding the six foot hole in the kichen floor, I consider the house renovation to be moderately successful- we have a toilet and shower after all. A three month stint of walking to the neighbours...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:57:00 GMT |
Home Soil |
I am still an expatriate. Home soil eludes me even now, and ever true is that where your heart is, there will your treasure lie. Mine's not in any way broken, just doled in portions to my loved ones. ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:17:00 GMT |
Prelude to reunion |
The flight itinerary is dissolving in me like an aspirin... My stomach is filled with the now familiar butterflies of travel preparation, replacing the empty pull for home that's been there for 2 mont...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:02:00 GMT |
Revolution Day: The first day of Rwanda |
The three French backpackers were passing through Rwanda on their way to the Congo. They cared less about the condition of the car than land speed; they were to meet a UN contact in 24 hrs. I'm not su...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:34:00 GMT |
Expatriation a.k.a Children of the Revolution (Part 1) |
The chickens run around the fire. Ibra points to the large male duck hissing at the smallest- a stunning pulmmage of inky black and azure feathers. He laughs 'That duck is gay! I swear it, he has all ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:27:00 GMT |
A lion or a paa |
We sit around the table together, lighting cigarettes and joints and drinking sprite and 2005 Jacob's Creek wine. The Jenga pile in the middle of table is stacked and we're taking turns pulling out th...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:42:00 GMT |
pearl |
I tried to fight you....But someone so beautiful....Could never be defied....And you opened me like the sun&....Now you have come....And I cannot sustain this anger....I am too joyful before your eyes...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:19:00 GMT |
Reflecting on a spontaneous combustion |
I never thought that a few stolen looks across a street would lead to this... ....What I find myself thinking a lot about lately is the moments that I first saw him. No more than a second here and the...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:58:00 GMT |
Revolution Day: Part 4 |
We'd arrived in Mwanza and wandered around the volcanic boulders of Lake Victoria. We looked out across the lake, at the hillsides littered with mudbrick houses, like the favella slums of Rio de Janer...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:31:00 GMT |
