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Archive for February, 2006

Mandela’s South Africa

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Oddly enough I never really had an opportunity to get on line in Capetown. The first hotel had it but I was too busy to bother going to the lobby where the wi-fi hotspot was and at the second hotel the wi-fi hotspot was temporarily out of order. So much for being […]

Goin to Cape Town

Monday, February 20th, 2006

Tomorrow on the daily (except Wednesday and Saturday) 1:30pm flight to Johannesburg I’ll be on my way. Have a layover and eventually arrive in Cape Town at around 8:00pm. I’ll probably run into someone I know from Lilongwe on the flight, that’s the way it goes here. I’m really looking forward to […]

Africans Closer to the Spiritual World

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Last night at yet another farewell gathering for a friend we heard an interesting story. This friend had just returned from a remote part of Zambia and had an interesting story to share. He was visiting his cousin who is a priest with a parish there that encompasses an area of about 100 […]

photo absurdity #8

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

vice presidents don’t kill people ……. do they?

Melancholy in Malawi with a Late Response to Bicyclemark

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Yea, so I’m still here. Lots of silence of late due to a number of factors. I’ve been getting busy with some work coming my way the most recent of which was a poster for a series of concerts called “African Roots - American Music.” It is to celebrate Black History Month […]

TC, Sue and the Zomba Forest Lodge Sans Pinkfoot

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Ahhhhh, no more cast. This past Friday morning we left Lilongwe at about 6:50 am to head to Cure Hospital in Blantyre to have my pink foot removed (made of plaster and fiberglass) and then headed on to the Zomba Forest Lodge. We waited for about an hour and then my medical team […]

Happy Birthday Hash

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

I’ve been slacking a bit lately on the entries. Could it be bloggers block? Partially, but things have been a bit hectic with some work and social activities. With Burns Night last Friday, hanging out with some new RAF (Royal Air Force) flight crew friends on Sunday and then hosting the hash […]