Toronto, Day 1
We arrived safely in Buffalo, although our flight was a little late. Our friends Tim and BJ offered to have us share their hotel room for the night so that we could avoid driving up to Toronto so late...
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So, I’m running around town with Morgan and Tierney, and have spent a perfectly beautiful Toronto day plowing around the town. I spent some time up at the conference earlier in the day, as I had a few...
View ArticleJFK – Amsterdam
So, weve been up in the air for about 2 hours, roughly 5 hours left, and Im starting to wane on energy. Its really only 9.44pm from the time Im leaving, but 4.44am where Im headed. Id like to get...
View ArticleNimefika Nairobi
I have arrived, safe and well. The flight wasn’t nearly as painful as I thought that it might be. It was pretty bumpy all the way from Amsterdam, but I passed out a little ways in, after watching some...
View ArticleTime for new dreams
It worked. I surprised the hell out of my family, and then they returned the favour by smashing all ideas I had of having functional Kiswahili. It was so commonplace to walk back through the doorway,...
View ArticleNipo Zanzibar; naenda kulala
I have arrived. I am so tired. I will catch you all up tomorrow. For now, I’ve arrived safely. Much love, Greg
View ArticleKiswahili kibaya sana
Man, is my Kiswahili bad; or, as Marshed told the guy behind the counter at the Bureau de Exchange today, “anaweza kusema Kiswahili kizuri, lakini hawezi kusikiliza chochote,” which basically means “he...
View ArticleA strange day
This morning I was able to sit for awhile and take in the second prayer call, using in the beautiful hypnosis as the backdrop for my own prayers. Today was a good day. A sad day, to be sure, but a good...
View ArticleAn anniversary
Kathryn is celebrating an anniversary of sorts, and asked me to join her for cake and a long conversation where we can sit down and share our stories of how we both came to be here, where we are now....
View ArticleSixteen people in a minivan and bathwater
Friday was a lazy day filled with very little. I sat still quite a bit, bounced around town with Marshed to Darjiani marketplace picking up a few things that I needed, and then just hung around some...
View ArticleZanzibar was first
Thousands of days have passed since I left Zanzibar some hundred plus months ago. And, I think nary a day I have not thought about East Africa, my past and my hopeful future of living in Zanzibar...
View ArticleCulture shock, right on time
Every time I have left the confines of my own culture and stepped into another I’ve been greeted by culture shock in the wake of a sickness or injury. When I stayed out on the Hopi Reservation 9 1/2...
View ArticleStaying in shape is a good thing
So, I awoke this morning with barely any pain. I guess running and keeping oneself in pretty good shape actually does decrease your recovery time. I laid low today ’cause I’m still not 100%, but at...
View ArticleClothes Take Forever to Dry
My clothes have been hanging on the line for the last two days and they are still kinda damp. The humidity is so crazy strong that I have to wait days for them to dry. Not much else to report today....
View ArticleWeek 3 Imeanza
The third week has started, and it started with a bang yesterday. I awoke with a stiff back from swimming out on Changuu a couple of days prior, but really because I haven’t let it have the proper time...
View ArticleSwahili Time
For those of you who don’t know, the calendar, the clock, and the days of the week are all significantly different than they are in the rest of the world. Here, and everywhere else in the Muslim world...
View ArticleDoodoo In My Eye
I never thought I’d have to say it, but when it came out of my mouth this morning, I burst into laughter – “Kuna wadudu ndani ya mayai!” Which basically translates into, “There’re ants in my eggs!,”...
View ArticleA Bum Foot
Damn it, I hurt my foot. I was running up the beach in the middle of another game of football (a game which I should be banned from as a result of recurring injury) and stepped on a large hunk of coral...
View ArticleReturning Home
It’s been more than two days now that I’ve been travelling, and my body is reeling from the experience. My heart is engaged, sorting out the maelstrom of emotions which are overwhelming at the present...
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Epic Change – Building a Locally-Led School in Tanzania
Drop what you are doing right now, for about 3 minutes, and you can help build a technology lab for a locally-led primary school in Tanzania. All you have to do, is go to this website Ideablob, and...
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