photo by Susan Hyde Ganta, 8 Oct 2011 6:30 p.m, and the storm is coming in. It’s been impossibly – no, insufferably hot since we stepped out into another world. […]

[Back in the states now, but I’m posting notes from last week, while we were in “news embargo” in Liberia] Monrovia – Ganta, Oct 08, 2011 Nominal dawn departure has […]

[Air France lounge, waiting for AF084 nonstop to San Francisco. A crazy morning, beginning with a call from Devon at 2 a.m. Palo Alto time saying Delta had woken her […]

It’s late, and we should all get back to our rooms for some sleep. But somehow, we know that, when this night ends, that magic thread of this crazy adventure […]

Five days deep in Nimba County  can take a toll on a guy. Back on the outskirts of Monrovia, inbound.  Gonna hold off posting much until after TCC press conference […]

In brief, things are well. Lots of ups and down, literally and figuratively. Writing lots; will post on 12th, once we're out of the woods, figuratively and literally. – sent […]

Friday night, and we’re ready. As ready as we’re going to be. Davor, Mariusz, Susan, Tom and the rest have given us all the preparation they can cram into two […]

Second day of briefings. Somehow there are too many people and too few chairs this morning, and we have to improvise, squeezing in even tighter, elbow to elbow. But it’s […]

Thursday passed in a cocoon. Got picked up by the bus at 8:20, shuttled to Mamba Point Hotel for briefings. And more briefings. Security briefings. Procedural briefings. Legal briefings. I […]

[Doing much better today, but haven’t had a chance to write. Including, instead, some notes from last night.] Security briefing packet we’re handed on the bus into town is sobering […]