Roadtrip Wrap-Up
I was trying to count things up as I drifted off under the covers last night. Three weeks, three continents, four countries and nearly a dozen different beds (if you […]
Category Archives: africa
Overload
One of my favorite new words of the past few years is “sonder,” coined by the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. The definition, which I hope you will forgive me for […]
Ashesi
Yes, yes, I finally made it to Ghana, but not without a little more drama. I’ll spare you those details, though, because friends have kept pointing out that I still […]
A Change of Plans
At times like this, I find it useful to check in on my expectations. When the alarm went off at 6:00 in Dublin this morning, how did I imagine my […]
Night Flight
When was it that I let myself get so enamored of my little electronic devices? I was so lost in the screen of my phone (watching “Hemingway and Gellhorn”) that […]
East with the Morning
You’ll notice that despite the opportunities for literary reference, I’ve mentioned none of my favorite authors: neither Hemingway nor Markham, Blixen or the rest of the Out of Africa crew […]
The Rhythm of the Days
The rhythm of the days here in the Wogakurya Hills seems to be governed by the color of the sky. We wake in pre-dawn lavender light with the fading traces […]
The Long Road North
Today, in honor of the summer (here, winter) solstice, we decided to drive across all of Africa. No, not really – it just felt like it. We didn’t even drive […]
Ngorongoro
The dirt is red and moist, covered in lush green as we wind our way up to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. At the top is a cloud forest, […]
On the Road to Ngorongoro
We didn’t see the young reedbuck die. Henry, in the car ahead, noticed a commotion in the long grass by the river and stopped to watch. By the time we […]
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