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I have remarked to some of you how ironic it is that I came to Africa to learn to live simply and yet, here I have more than I ever had...

I am familiar with the seasons in the northern United States. I know the smell of summer on the beach in WA, the crisp sharpness of the...

It is the end of the term this week. I have finished teaching and now come two weeks of exams. I thought now wouod be a good time to...

While my Thanksgiving was far from conventional, I did manage to make a sweet potatoes pie and share it with the Sisters and Marina, but...

While I have my own house, I by no means live alone. Houses here are not so impermeable as those back home. My windows have wire mesh for...

Jane Austen quipped that it is every woman's misfortune to become like her mother. My mother, if you do not know her, is undaunted by...

I always thought that going to a boarding school was super romantic. As a child, I secretly wished my parents would ship me off...

It is now the hot dry season in Malawi, all over there are totally dry river and stream beds. I am thankful that Namwera is in the...

My second trip with MaiMarina took us to another sight. This time we met in an unused Child Development Center. Marina says, there is no...

October ends the holiday and is the season for initiations, a cultural practice that differs from tribe to tribe. In the present day,...

I have mentioned my neighbor Marina before. Well this post is about her and the organization that she never intended to found. Rather it...

It struck me a few months ago while watching one of the movie versions of Jane Eyre, I forget which -- there are so many and I've seen...

Well, now that I am cooking on my own, it seems a fitting time to reflect on the different sorts of food that I have learned about here...

Well, school is out, and all but the Form 4s have gone home. The Form 4s are still here taking the national exams which are the...

Hardly a ten minute walk from Our Lady of Lourdes there is an orphanage, Alleluya Care Center, usually just called Alleluya. Alleluya was...

This week has been a momentous week. For starters, I sallied forth to the market unattended. I was in search of chiponde (peanut butter)....

So, using money in Malawi feels rather like using Monopoly money. A fifty is really the smallest bill used in the villages, and when you...

Last weekend was one of celebrations. It began on Saturday with the ordination of Fr. Frank Chiwaula. It was the first ordination for...

Every Wednesday, the little town of Namwera explodes. Temporary stalls and display racks are erected along the main street and vendors...

"We are happy today!" That is the refrain of the song that met me as I tumbled out of the car after 6 hours of wizzing along the bumpy...