I’m currently in Tanzania, where I’ll be in some training the next two weeks.  This isn’t my first time here, though.  In 2008 I was here for a study-abroad semester, and in 2013 I was here for some PGA training.  Before coming in 2008 I had a semester class to learn some Swahili, the main […]

The sun in My Country is notoriously hot.  In fact, the Jula expression used to talk about how hot it is, especially at this time of the year, is that the sun is “fari,” which is a word that the dictionary says means “brutal, cruel, hard, mean, severe.”  And yes, it’s true.  Unlike in the […]

These days I’m feeling very old, since last month I had my big 3-0 birthday.  It feels like I have to be an adult now and maybe even be grown up?  Crazy!  But even though I’m old, it doesn’t mean that I’m done learning.  In fact, I’m currently in Tanzania, where next week I’ll start […]