Archive for the ‘Elsewhere’ Category
Observations in three acts
I. I have met only one person in Africa–though I’ve only been to four countries–who is, as a rule, early. But I’ve found the one place where gaggles of people will arrive far ahead of time: the bus station on the Kigali-Kampala route. For good reason: that bus, somehow, leaves early. Early. In Africa. II. [...]
Stuffing yourself
I’ve been in Uganda, visiting my friend Glenna, who lives in Kampala. Glenna’s apartment has the feel of someone who’s been here a long time. First of all, it’s cheap, and if she hadn’t been here awhile, it would be double the price, probably, because it’s gorgeous. The grey paint on my cement floor peels [...]
‘I conquered the Nile,’ or, a story that makes me sound far cooler than I am
I rafted the whitewater of the Nile River a few days ago. Please be duly impressed. I’ve been wanting to go whitewater rafting pretty much my whole life; I grew up in West Virginia, which is actually known for its whitewater, even among the badass raft guides here, who tell stories that go like this: [...]
Pretty pictures of Uganda
Seriously, that’s all you’ll find here right now. I finally become literate, or un-lazy, enough to throw some photos up…course, it helps that I TOOK some. Anyway, from my trip between Kampala and Jinja. They’re small, I know, but my battery is dying and I don’t have time to fuss with making them bigger:
It is your moral responsiblity to begin growing rice
Food prices are high, blah blah, we all know. Not that that’s not important. But this seems more important: Donors–who presumably (she says with typical glibness) apply the same sound business judgment to their philanthropy budgets as they do to the books of the corporations that made them all that money in the first place–have [...]
News from the north: We’re sorry, eh?
I’ve been running around like a mad woman lately, with little time to blog, but I’ve been keep mental notes on all the things worthy of bothering you about. Here’s a definite first: Canada opened a truth and reconciliation commission this week to “foster healing” among the aboriginal peoples forced through ‘residential education’ systems–a nice [...]
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