UGANDA | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2014 | Views [300] | Comments [2]
Dick Hollaran once told Danny Torrance that what you see are like pictures in a book. They can’t hurt you, or at least he didn’t think it could. I have lived through situations that have become nightmares before. I never thought that I would ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2014 | Views [256] | Comments [2]
Vigilante justice. The stuff of comic books. A beacon of light to those who live in fear between the pages of books, and upon the silver screen. But there is a dark side. One that hides within the folds of reality where the streets are covered in dust, ... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 30 May 2014 | Views [246] | Comments [1]
I laughed. I shouldn’t have laughed, but I could not help it. It was too great an irony. After tea Agnes brought Eliza and I to town to run errands. We first stopped at a shop with the entrance off a dark ally. As Eliza and I stood on the dark ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 28 May 2014 | Views [214] | Comments [1]
By that time Emanuel (the 19-year-old brother) had returned from teaching. He saw me sitting outside in my excersise shirt (I decided it was too hot for mosquitos and too hot for a long sleeve), my camouflage hat, and with small Dakin bag I ... Read more >
UGANDA | Monday, 26 May 2014 | Views [203] | Comments [1]
In the process of writing Lemon heads Eliza (who I’ve now decided to call nana because she basically is a grandmother) called me into her room. “Addison,” she said, “I need you to come here right now.” I though it was something ... Read more >
UGANDA | Sunday, 25 May 2014 | Views [320] | Comments [1]
On Sunday Eliza and I made what I will probably consider one of our wiser decisions of the summer. Since the day looked to be sunny and beautiful we decided to walk down to one of the small fruit stands. Because both oranges and lemons are green in Uganda ... Read more >
UGANDA | Sunday, 25 May 2014 | Views [195] | Comments [1]
It’s our first real weekend here. I know we were here last Sunday, but it’s the first time we have the full weekend. It’s also the first day that I have done any real exercise. Eliza and I slept in until 7:20 then went for a 20 minuet ... Read more >
UGANDA | Sunday, 25 May 2014 | Views [268] | Comments [1]
My family’s family is wak. I went dress shopping today with one of the other girls host moms so we wouldn’t get ripped off, and when I cam back Eliza dropped a bomb on me. Our sister Imachulet is not Agnes’ daughter; she is her niece.... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 23 May 2014 | Views [229]
Last night I dreamt that I was home and went to Whole Foods to get a salad. I have never wanted a spinach salad with strawberries, goat cheese, and walnuts so badly in my entire life. Breakfast today consisted of home made potato chips and chipati (which ... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 23 May 2014 | Views [214]
There are few things in life that are certain. Everyone will eventually die, people can get sick, nothing ever stays the same, and that the unexpected should can always happen.Yesterday our driver was not well so thank my lucky stars I got to stay at ... Read more >
UGANDA | Friday, 23 May 2014 | Views [154] | Comments [1]
Before all hell broke loose with Jenna yesterday I had been helping Imachulet with the dishes. As we did the dishes we talked about her day and my day, and America, and Uganda. Then the news stopped on the radio, and music came on. She started to dance, ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thursday, 22 May 2014 | Views [145] | Comments [1]
A few minuets and some transitional small talk later we were smiling and laughing. Agnes said it made her happy to have the two of us sitting with her, and staying in her home. I could not have been happier to hear her say that. Before I cam I had an ... Read more >
UGANDA | Thursday, 22 May 2014 | Views [174] | Comments [1]
Thursday night I bonded with my 19-year-old brother for the first time. He was grading his class’s homework while Chief (the six year old boy) worked on his. Eliza commented on how neat the handwriting was. He said this was very important. Teachers ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 21 May 2014 | Views [136] | Comments [1]
Yesterday sitting around the frying Irish Potatoes Agnes taught us the Ugandan word for I am happy, Demosanufa. And it was true. Despite the unrest my stomach experienced all day, and the my disrupted mental state from the days field work, I felt happy.... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 21 May 2014 | Views [212] | Comments [1]
An 18-year-old girl came in Thursday to collect books. She was a student at one of the secondary schools we went to the day before. She said that madam deputy (the assistant principle) had sent her. Benen left Jenna and I to talk to her. As we sat she ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 21 May 2014 | Views [151]
It is amazing what a shower can do for the spirit. In fact after this I intend to write a million dollar series of books called shower time for the soul. Not really of course, but you get my drift. After two days of delivering school supplies to families ... Read more >
UGANDA | Wednesday, 21 May 2014 | Views [212] | Comments [1]
Exhausted:
I felt a bit better today. That is until around 5:00, then everything fell apart. We started our half hour walk to Salama Shield in the cool morning. The sun had been partly obscured by clouds, and as we turned to walk down the main road ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 20 May 2014 | Views [252]
I am currently listening to “Happy” on the radio. I have also heard Beyonce, Selena Gomez, J-Lo, Chris Brown, Train, and last night the radio played country. The radio seems to cycle between Lugandan songs, and American ones. It is odd, but ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 20 May 2014 | Views [200]
Jenna (my partner for the Mbuntu dialogues project) and I are sick. Jenna has it worse. She had a slight fever today, threw up, and had to go home early. I had the slight runs. This didn’t affect me too badly, but I didn’t want to eat and ... Read more >
UGANDA | Tuesday, 20 May 2014 | Views [267]
Americans believe that they eat massive amounts of food. They don’t. If my six-year-old host brother Chief were to be put in an eating match against an overweight Texan I would bet on Chief. Our host father explained it as Ugandans needing real ... Read more >
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