Monthly Archives: July 2007

three days. friday the 13th. that is when i fly. i will overnight in a small southern town, rumbek, and continue to khartoum on saturday. in sh’allah. as i write this, one of our staff, scheduled to fly today, has … Continue reading →

the best way to get a hedgehog out of your room is to poke him with something blunt, like a shoe or a book. then, when he curls into a ball, you just roll him gently from behind your trunk … Continue reading →

a fever is the most comfortable thing in the world to slip into. it is like someone has covered you all over with fine, warm gauze. you are never so content to lie motionless, thoughtless, needless. you don’t want water, … Continue reading →

a friend of mine once told me of an idea for a newspaper that carried only good news instead of advertising avarice and fomenting fear. headlines like: MAN OPENS ICE CREAM STORE or THE TEN MOST PEACEFUL PLACES ON EARTH … Continue reading →

abyei bus. abyei’s most famous bull. measles in gole, nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd. where diarrhea comes from. yes, you.