Monthly Archives: July 2007

this morning i was packing, preparing to leave amsterdam. i laid my things on the floor of my friend’s apartment and went through them, one by one. i wanted to rid myself of as many as i could. i am … Continue reading →

so. it was like Maurizio said. the sights, the noises, the days that surrounded me so completely, they collapse. they collapse, but they don’t disappear. it is as if you have shut off an old tv and all the images … Continue reading →

I am sitting in Khartoum’s airport. For the moment, everything is life size. The crying kid next to me, the men walking to the airport mosque with prayer mats, the man smoking under the no smoking sign. Soon, the hatch … Continue reading →

this is how i spent my last day in abyei.  from my tukul, to the hospital to say goodbye to some of the people i have worked with and to play with some of the patients i have grown fond … Continue reading →

it has been difficult for me to write lately. partly because days need space for words to creep in. partly that, but partly because across the street, a music store has opened. perhaps “music store” makes it sound a bit … Continue reading →