So, in honor of World Malaria Day, I thought I would pander to the largest portion of my friends - Americans - and see what you guys actually know about this disease I often prattle on about. I know you've probably all heard of it, know it was bad, was once in America and now isn't a problem anymore. Through knowing me, I hope you've also learned ( Read more... )

I leave Ghana April 3rd, almost four years to the day I first set foot on the continent of Africa. In a lot of ways, finishing Peace Corps has been more work than it took to get in. Sure, there's always papers to sign, work descriptions to write, and accounts to close no matter what paths I take in life, but this is something beyond what I'd ever ( Read more... )

Five years is so close…but so far away ( Read more... )

You know how, when you're at the office and you stare a computer all day, the last thing you want to do is get on the Internet and do anything fun on the computer at days' end? Yeah. That's where I'm at ( Read more... )

( What's the highest fever you've ever had? )