So I saw a headline on Twitter yesterday that went something like this: “More Young Girls Pregnant Due to Water Shortage.” Just let those incongruous words sink in a minute, and then read what I […]
Tag: Uganda
Making headway
Every day I make a little more headway. Here I am with my new rechargeable head lamp, which I’ll be using in Africa for the next two years after the sun sets at 6:30 pm […]
Meet Justine
As I’m about to start my “onboarding” tasks (another portal!) for Peace Corps Uganda that will determine the region of country to which I’m assigned, I met today with Justine Okello, a fellow League of […]
Crocodiles, hippos, snail fever . . . and goat yoga
So, after months now knee-deep in blogs and books and YouTube videos about Peace Corps service, I say to my husband over one of our typical two-hour weekend lunches at a local diner, “I think […]
And thus ended Biketober
I Rode to Joy again yesterday after Traveling at the Speed of Bike from my home to a MARTA train station; riding the train to Midtown, Atlanta; and then riding to the City of Decatur […]
