November 26, 2005
Thanksgiving
Well, it was awesome. We had a bash at the Peace Corps Choma House (which might not be there that much longer). My friend Heather tried to kill the turkey, but who knew that the skin on the neck of one of those buggers is thick as a tractor tire? It was a process, and I cooked the bird for about 2 hours too long, but I wanted to make sure it was DONE! The other fixins were great... this is the most homemade REAL Thanksgiving I've ever been to... and it was better because of it I think. We said what we were thankful for... mine was communication with the people I love. I said that I was thankful for email, post, and phone. I am thankful to those of you who really try to reach out to me while I am so far away. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and that the rest of your holiday season is blessed!
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November 21, 2005
Africa
Well, I guess it takes anyone a period of adjustment time no matter where they wander. I guess you could say that I've really "come into my own" here in Zambia. And it just happened this week! I think that it has something to di with unnecessay attachments to home... there were things that were keeping me "there" instead of "here." On Saturday morning I was coming from my friend Mathew's village. I was on a rusty, falling-apart, taped-up chicken bus. Of course to catch it to get back to civilization, I had to be on it by 4:30AM. As it was jamming down the bumpiest dirt road in the world, the sun was coming up over the horizon. There were Lilac Breasted Rollers (birds) swooping down, giddy with humidity (it has finally rained). I had to hitch hike with my bike from a remote part of the Great North Road. There was a flowering tree next to me on the side of the tarmac. I SMELLED AFRICA. I love it here.
I miss you all; thank you for all the letters and phone calls.
RINGO
PS I did meet the young man of the previous entry. We talked about South Dakota and Minnesota. He was someone you wanted to talk to...
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November 19, 2005
Sad News
A reminder of our mortality:
http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=1078
Posted by ringo at 2:29 PM | Comments (2)