I wish I was writing that I caught a tropical disease and needed to be quarantined, that I lost my passport, or that I accepted a marriage proposal from a Burkinabe and was planning for my wedding next weekend—causing me to regretfully inform my friends and family that I will not be returning to the [...]
Archive for August 2009
Last Day and Traveling
August 6, 2009Burkina
August 2, 2009The poem Africa by Jamila Claire—I have revised it to fit Burkina Faso Burkina I come from an island far from Africa. Where my blood has known comfort, luxury, and spoils I felt the heat of Burkina, the sun’s heat of raging fire. I have touched the rain of Burkina, the sweetest sound of a [...]
Housevisits and Goodbyes…
August 1, 2009Today was a fairly relaxed day. Kirsten and I slept in until about 8:00. I ate our left over cous cous in cinnamon chicken raisin sauce for breakfast. Susan and Lorinda took Snickers to the vet again. She came back very drugged and with a cast on his front left leg. Since she was so [...]
Last Day at the Clinic
August 1, 2009I’m writing this post as I sit in the dark listening to some Earth Wind and Fire. J There was a HUGE storm last night!! I slept right through it…but Kirsten informed me that because of the few windows that were open, it seemed like a tornado was formed inside our house! A large part [...]
