I awakened this morning to yet another cold and dreary, rainy Fall day and, of course, the "bonus" of my extra pain from arthritis. Early tomorrow I will catch my plane to begin the long flight back to my African home and the volunteer work I will do there for a few months. I will have limited access to a computer, the Internet and even... Read more
In about three short weeks, I'll be returning to East Africa to live and work for a few months.
I've been there before, of course, and feel like I'm returning to my other home and family in Africa. It's interesting, and incredibly frustrating, that my arthritis seems to always become more active at the most inopportune times -- of... Read more
I'm a well-educated and fairly intelligent person, but once in awhile, an awareness or a thought suddenly hits me that makes me feel very dense (maybe I've spent too much time in the African Bush?). Yesterday, I was running those endless errands, working on my pre-African departure checklist, when suddenly I decided I'd better grab a quick... Read more
After having spent a few months last summer teaching street kids to grow their own food in a Juvenile Detention center in East Africa, I decided to add a variety of vegetables to my backyard flower gardens. I hadn't grown my own for many years due to the same (somewhat lame) excuses that most people use. I don't have the time. It's a... Read more
Although many of our readers don't happen to live within the Continental U.S., I'm sure they are discovering many of the same "problems" that we are. Packaging of a wide variety of things (everything from sliced cheeses and meats to medications to paintbrushes) has changed radically in the last few years. Although I'm grateful for... Read more
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