Voices Ring Through Malawian Hills
I’m sitting in an empty district office on a Friday afternoon. Right outside my window, the whole town has come together to march, dance and sing; all of Machinga has essentially been paused while its...
View ArticleHola from Machinga!
A few days ago, I promised my current host family that I would take care of lunch today. (Sunday) Conveniently, Everence’s sister and a few of her female in-laws were at our place that night and...
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Getting caught up with some PICS
These are all along one of my running routes... can't ask for a whole lot more as far as scenic runs go...... school across field.... field of wild grass (see these everyhwere in town)read more
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There’s a giant question that I’ve been asking myself for a few weeks now, and I would like to throw that question out to anyone who cares to answer. First though, I should give the question some...
View ArticleThe Kapitos
So first excuse this EXTREMELY visually displeasing way of showing you these shots - little tiny pictures in a straight row down one side of the page... it's not my choice though. If I try to switch...
View ArticleTribute to David Letterman
I was planning to write something deep and thoughtful today, because it's been a while since I last posted BUT I've been struck with what I have deemed an African Flu yesterday, and am having trouble...
View ArticleCHAPTER: Please read, and please straighten up those ballin' thinking caps...
This is short.Instead of the standard 80 page JF reports that are written each year by every JF and then so often forgotten, Melissa is switching it up this year. She wants each of us to design a...
View ArticleiPods vs. Bug nets
A combination of a weeklong rural fieldwork activity, Unicef’s wireless internet network breaking down, and bloggers’ block has prevented me from writing for a very long time. But let me paint you this...
View ArticleTHE MONTH THAT WAS (as smooth as a baby's bottom)
Last week I led a team of ten people in the second half of the field study that I`m conducting for WaterAid. We have been visiting a random sample of Machinga`s waterpoints to verify the data that is...
View ArticleI Ask, I Answer
I write this from under a grass thatched roof on the magnificent shores of Lake Malawi. I’m sitting on a little patio in a backpacker’s lodge in Cape Maclear with my back to the crystal clear, yet...
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