“If you steal from one person, it’s plaguerism. If you steal from many people, it’s research.” I would like to add to this English class adage: “and if you steal the same thing from many people, it’s probably a meme.” Thus I give you the recent journey of Rebecca’s traveling sock. First stop: Opal was chosen … More Stealing Gimmicks
If you know me, you know I am not terribly good at keeping secrets. I might intend not to tell you something, but usually it takes about 5 minutes for me to break down and spill my guts. If it’s something very important I can usually keep my trap shut, but sometimes I just leak … More Raglan Rescue Operation
Okay okay I’m finally going to tell you about London. I’m sure all of you have been sitting at your computers for three days, gnawing on your fingernails because you’d ran out of twizzlers, cursing me because I was taking so long and all you wanted in the whole wide world was to hear about … More Leg 8: Let Loose in London
The early morning brought us to the Entebbe airport, where even 4 hours of sleep was not enough to keep my mind from boggling at what I saw in the duty-free shop: I know you can’t read those labels, so here’s an excerpt: “Smoking Kills,” “Smokers Die Younger,” “Smoking causes lung cancer,” “Smoking causes harm … More Leg 7: Hanging out with the ZAR
It’s not that often that my day starts right off with something blogworthy. This morning, after peeling myself out of bed, drinking a big enough cup of coffee to make me twitchy, inserting myself into a thoroughly bland secretary outfit, and carefully negotiating my way into my car (while in Uganda, some bird with diarrhea … More “The Rapists” for 1000.
Post-procrastination today caused by a puppy Who, possibly for the first time in his life, smelled sheep smell today, and wanted to eat it. Don’t worry, Opal was saved. (If you’re wondering why the sock looks the same size as it did last week? It’s actually smaller. I had cast on a random number of … More Day 6: On Our Way Back Home
Yesterday I told you about what I thought was our final destination on our climb into the Heart of Africa. But God (and Henry) had other plans. Nyamabaare is the clinic we chose to partner with, mostly because it’s the clinic the Bishop took our first team to, while touring them around all the different … More Leg 5: And we thought we were in the boonies before
Okay, I promised! You’ve all been very patient, looking at pictures of yarn and flowers and things, and of waiting for this very late post while I get painfully close to finishing baby booties made out of leftovers from Baby Yoda, but if you know anything about what Jared & I have been doing in … More Leg 4: Nyamabaare
For those of you hanging on by your fingernails to hear about the next leg of our Uganda journey, my apologies. I’ve been busy trying to remember what I do at my job and un-explode our apartment. One room at a time… Aso, I’ve been completely enchanted by this: I only started knitting on it … More Leg 3: Our life in Bushenyi
This is so weird. I’m at home… I’m going through the motions that I always go through at home… I’m doing the things I used to do here… but I don’t feel like I’m really here. My heart is still back here: In Uganda. This is Kampala, the Kapital I mean Capital, where we spent … More Leg 2: Kampala – illness and inspiration
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