At the moment I am airborne.  I have left Istanbul, Turkey, about noon.  I will sleep in the early hours of tomorrow in Kraków, Poland.  Yes that is yet another change to the travel plan.  Ken was telling me this morning that he intends to send an email to our heroic travel agent Gretchen. "Oh,"… Continue reading September 16 — Reprise Part 1 — Somewhere Over Europe

Good Morning Beloved Ones !  I started writing this about 24 hours ago in my dormitory room in Kara.  I am now back in the Hotel dining room in Lomé.  Of those 24 hours, 6 long ones were spent riding in the back seat of a hot humid car.  The Togolaise "inter-state" makes for fascinating… Continue reading September 4 — Alone

At the back of my second floor dormitory room is a porch.  When I open the door and step out into the heat and humidity, I look out across a corn field to see the Kara River.  The river has been running very high.  Yesterday we had downpours of rain in near cloudburst proportions.  So… Continue reading September 2 — The River is High — Kara, Togo