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EKG Me, Mr. Prophylactic
I had to go to the E.R. tonight. I’ve been having these weird heart-palpitations since I got back from Africa, and today they were on the rise. I was just shrugging it off as little-girl excitement over my transcontinental-skipping and my upcoming move to California. That was until nurse Mama Rose said, “I think you […]
September 23, 2007
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People Shouldn’t Be Bought & Sold
Make a step towards becoming an Abolitionist. Today is the last day to vote for Justice for Children International on the Myspace Impact awards. JFCI is a close friend of 24-7 Prayer and Stop the Traffik, and they are doing marvelous things to stop the buying and selling of children in the global sex-trade. (And […]
September 21, 2007
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Giggle, Inwardly
Things That Are Making Me Giggle Inwardly 1. After I’ve been back in the States for over a year, I get this nice email from the Portuguese embassy asking me politely, “Do you still need a visa for Portugal?” My visa was “in process” for 3.5 years. 2. I am going to be a little […]
September 21, 2007
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Sky Blogging
I’m blogging from the sky on my flight back to Baltimore. I almost always request the aisle seat because I think it’s the seat with the most freedom. I can get up and skip down the aisle if I like to. I am sitting next to a bona fide arm-rest hogger. Travelers, you know these […]
September 20, 2007
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Goodbye, Hello, Uh-Oh
I said “goodbye” to the Bordens yesterday in Arusha. They waved me off on my 5-hour shuttle to Nairobi. I cried. And then I napped. I think those two things go well together. I had two hours to kill at the airport so I ordered a veggie burger. A strange sort of curried-Kenyan version of […]
September 18, 2007
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Things I Like Abut Tanzania – Part 2
(Continued from Part 1 here) 10. Learning from Byron how to wear my Maasai blanket like a proper warrior. 11. Dala dalas mini-buses with (curious) names such as, “Pimp My Ride – Go to Church” and “Jealous People Never Win,” painted extravagantly on their back windows.12. Making friends with the geckos that sometimes chill on […]
September 16, 2007
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Travel Log #03 – Arusha to Dar es Salaam
Click to watch (Soundtrack by Sia, “Breathe Me”)
September 13, 2007
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Tsunami Warning
Ladies and Gents, I survived my very first tsunami warning. We took a nice road-trip down to Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to visit Young Life Africa’s illustrious Dyan Larmey. (Oh, I love Dyan!) It was such a nice visit. But then late last night a guy out in the road yelled in […]
September 13, 2007
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Rest Now, Madeleine.
Dear Madeleine L’Engle died yesterday. She was 88. I read her classic tale (the one the publishers warned would probably fail), A Wrinkle in Time as a tween, and felt alive. So then I read A Wind in the Door, and Many Waters. Like C.S. Lewis, she had a way of dignifying children by writing […]
September 8, 2007
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200 Streams
I wanted to have something terribly profound to say today because the Blogger robots tell me this is my 200th post. I tried to find a cool image with el numero 200, but couldn’t find one. So I made one. I think stream of consciousness writing is very good for the soul. Maybe it shouldn’t […]
September 7, 2007
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Mid-morning Passions
“Karibu, dada!” Lilian hands me a plateful of passion fruit, watermelon, and peanuts as she calls me “sister” with a smile. I like having new Tanzanian sisters. I’m sitting at the computer in Chase and Leighton’s room sorting through piles of video clips of beautiful Maasai women making beaded creations. I’m getting lost in the […]
September 6, 2007
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Peace, Love, and Chapatis
Things I Like About Tanzania – part 11. The taste of hot fried dough with milky sweet chai in the morning. (I would like a t-shirt that reads, “Peace, love, and chapatis.”)2. Raw, rich beauty streaming from the smiling hospitality of impoverished African mamas.3. Seeing Byron come alive as he speaks Swahili.4. The adventure of […]
September 4, 2007
