Sleepless in Arusha: Uprooting, Replanting, and Renesting
It's 12:09 am (August 1, 2018) here in East Africa, but I'm awake. I'm feeling simultaneously depressed yet victorious. Let me explain. As we speak,…
Food
Gratitude 2017
Well, we are sitting at Yakima Air Terminal waiting for our flight, so it seems like a good time to reflect. If I had to…
Happy Thanksgiving from Tanzania
This was the first time for me celebrating Thanksgiving in Tanzania, and it was good. Though I didn't locate turkey or stuffing or cherry noodles…
Public Service Announcement: The Nutmeg Diaries
They say that as you get older, you get wiser. Hmmm. Lately my intellectual horsepower has been more on a par with really bad sequels…
Pick Your Poison
Today's report comes to you from the realm of complete and utter stupidity. Do I have a brain? Well, you can judge me after you…
As the Stomach Churns, Part Deux; The Intestines Strike Back (Kenya Dig It?)
Combating the Evil Gastro AliensI'm sitting in the Aga Khan University Hospital Endoscopy Unit in Nairobi, Kenya, waiting for colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy test results (see…
Sunday Bloody Sunday: The Aftermath
If you've been following my blog, you know that I had a pretty serious bout with food poisoning/gastroenteritis/dysentery in early July. Although I laid out…
How do you spell relief?
If you are my age, you might've said, "ROLAIDS." But for me today--clean lab test. No bacteria, parasites, or anything unwelcome. The drugs did their job,…
Healing
It's a beautiful Sunday morning here in Arusha, and I thought I'd give you a quick update on the Badger's health. It has been one…
As the Stomach Churns…
Welcome to the latest episode of "As the Stomach Turns," the Honey Badger's chronicle of her bout with severe food poisoning. See recent posts for…