It’s Monday evening at 9:43 pm and I am sitting in the dark in my house in Fundong. The electric power has been off since midday. It goes off five to six times a day, one never knows when it will light up your life again. The electric utility was sold to an American corporation […]
The Worst Combination… A Patriarchal Evangelistic society
During dinner last night at the home of the Catholic priest in Fundong, I broached the touchy subject of birth control and abortion. Eric, a Peace Corp volunteer suggested we visit the priest to discuss two of the fourth graders we sponsor at the Catholic school who cannot read or write. The school expounds a […]
Thinking Out Loud
Be aware international travelers, it is now demanded that we arrive at the airport 3 hours before departure. It’s possible to arrive at the boarding gate less than one hour before takeoff and be denied entry. Our airports in the U.S. have become military zones. Step out of line, ask to move ahead if you are […]
Malawi in 2 weeks
Sitting on the plane from Johannesburg to Malawi, my seatmate was a wine connoisseur, an entertaining conversationalist and a regular visitor to this tiny country which is probably poorer now than it was the years after independence. After consuming almost an entire bottle of a delicious pinot from the area near Stellenbosch in South Africa, he was […]