I just had a fascinating discussion with the head teacher (mwalimu mkuu) at the primary school, and decided that before doing any other work, I’d write a bit about it. The teachers have borrowed an inverter for the solar panel here at the primary school, so I’ve been able to come and use some electricity …
6 September 2015
I am sitting here in the living room of the village chairperson doing some work. He has solar power that he lets me use sometimes – and a radio and TV… Sometimes I come over to visit and we watch the news, or bad children’s cartoons, or nature shows about termites, or giant lizards eating …
23 August 2015
Back in the village. I think going away for a while did me some good. My village feels more like a home now. Almost everything is the same as when I left, and that made my return surprisingly comforting. No one broke into my house or courtyard while I was away! And even though the …
18 August 2015
Tomorrow marks the end of my posh corps experience – I’ll leave Dar bright and early to return to my beloved Southern Highlands. By Thursday evening I’ll be back in the vil and there will be no more AC, fans, running water, western style toilets, refrigerators, stoves and ovens, carpets, dirt free floors, internet, electricity, …
16 July 2015
Wow, it’s been almost a month since I last wrote an entry. Time is certainly speeding along. I had an amazing 4th of July weekend with lots of other volunteers (all from my training class but one) in Liuli, a village on the shore of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi). It took a long, long time …
"Though I have seen the right turn wrong, And common things grow strange, O I have watched the moons too long To be afraid of change." -Haniel Long, from his poem, The Conspiracy Thanks, Alenka!
19 June 2015
It has been a busy week and a half! I’ve met with so many people, asking so many questions both in Swahili and English. I learned about the water issues in the Ward. There was a Peace Corps volunteer in the neighboring village, same Ward, in 2001-2002 who did a water project in my village. …
8 June 2015
Just been a few days since I wrote my last blog, but I find there are already stories to tell. I returned to my village on Saturday and had quite the coasta ride. It was packed – much more than usual – and while I got a normal seat in the front row, it was …
5 June 2015
Well, it has been a while since my last blog entry, and a lot has happened. First of all there was super-regionals in Iringa. Then came another two weeks in the vil. After that, a trip into town to go to the nearby lake that turned into a 9-day long adventure to Dar and back. …
For Robbie
I see your joy in the sun as it peaks above the horizon; I see your joy in the clouds that change from white to yellow, to orange to pink, to gray; I see your joy in the magnificently ragged mountains, and the exhilaration at their peaks; I see your joy in the flight of …
marks in the sand 