Sep 1, 20183 min read
TOO POUR
Over the last two decades I've acquired many kettles and tea pots. I've had stove-top kettles and electric kettle, whistling and...
Aug 20, 201810 min read
BORDERLESSNESS
The Atlantic magazine carried an article called "The Case For Getting Rid of Borders – Completely." I really wanted to hear something...
Jul 5, 20181 min read
WORKED
As a child, Liam worked evenings across town in a barber shop as a soap boy lathering rough faces. At thirteen he dropped out of school...
Apr 26, 20189 min read
AFRICA: Observations, revelations, misconceptions, and reflections
- I am a mosquito magnet. (Like getting twenty a day through my clothes, while wearing repellant, when no one else is getting any at...
Apr 15, 20186 min read
KIDNAPPINGS
One afternoon in Kampala I was out running errands when I decided to hail a boda-boda (a motorcycle taxi and the most common public...
Apr 11, 201822 min read
UGANDA JOURNAL - MONTH TWO
I brought with me a little souvenir from my Nile trip: malaria. Despite being paranoid and always being covered up (only ever wearing...
Apr 5, 20182 min read
LIFE IN KAMPALA
Me: a traveler passing through. Emma: a gainfully employed husband and father. We were talking about what it's like to live in Kampala....
Mar 27, 20189 min read
LEARNED
Several times during my undergrad I had people suggest to me that I couldn't possibly understand what it's like to have trouble learning...
Mar 3, 201811 min read
UGANDA JOURNAL - MONTH ONE
While I had no jet lag of any kind it has been a slow and steamy transition from -32 Calgary to feeling comfortable in equatorial Africa....
Feb 1, 20183 min read
TOILETS
Here's a question: Who are toilets for? No, seriously. Toilets are something I very rarely hear anyone talking (or, more appropriately,...