A Fresh Start

From September 22, 2009 to December 20, 2012, I served as a Peace Corps Education volunteer in Tanzania, East Africa. Below is the archive of the online blog I kept during my experience, edited slightly for posterity (and removal of dead links).

preparing for the journey: part i
preparing for the journey: part ii
things to pray for
preparing for the journey: part iii
last days
leaving the continent
title post
processing homestay experience
church in africa
small thoughts
nyerere day
small thoughts
magic couches
masterpiece
wtf moments
birthday
things i'm glad i brought
mikumi
a little tusker loosens the tongue...
shadow: the trailer
delayed...
shadow: intro and part 1
shadow: part 2
shadow: part 3
shadow: part 4
shadow: part 5
shadow: part 6
at the ambassador's house
obligitory homesickness
merry christmas: a new gait
on “holiday” in dar: part 1
on “holiday” in dar: part 2
on “holiday” in dar: part 3
small thoughts
suffer
a week down south
small thoughts: "grory to god"
god - 1 me - 0
energy with no outlet
things to come
this ain't what i signed up for...
have you SUFFERED lately?
ist: part 1
ist: part 2
project oasis: day 1
project oasis: day 2
the answer
small thoughts
record time
wtf moments
there's a bug in my bathroom
for our future friends
in other news...
almost ready for take-off
8 days in zambia
let there be light!
allow me to introduce you...
handouts
waiting or procrastinating?
usiogope.
success!
it's that time of year
the dance
blue or red?
africa hates my clothes
twenty-four
gearing up and winding down
reclaiming joy
usiogope. singida girl's conference 2010
next year's challenge: mwezi wa maskini
thanksgiving in the 'gid
living [in] a dream
permagardening at msc
video update: january 23
loudspeakers & laundry: january 30
debates & dodoma: february 06
pasta & pineapples (& totes): february 13
rocks & robots: february 27
life post-peace corps & pink eye
shika project: preparation
shika project: conference over
big ideas, little time
a loooong weekend off
the sweeter side of life
growing a conscience, or victims of time?
crushing these manuals...and my coccyx
burdens of a free software advocate
important things come in "short" timeframes
on return
personal reflections: budgeting the future
religion is crippling tanzania
highlights
cos conference is over, but my service isn't
house "innovations"
another beginning
sound off
new house, video coming
new house!
random synapse
annual conference
renovating...or rebuilding?
3rd year perspectives
thoughts on 2011
small thoughts: eva soap
msarabani
small thoughts: eye-gazing
oven at last, oven at last!
fun with finances
i'm tired
power, or lack thereof
sowing what you sprout
financial findings on the first of the month
shika isn't dead
on kony 2012
kkk: big problems in tanzania
mahitaji ya wengi (the needs of many)
unaweza kunichukua?
earning my 'R'
the end