Some of you may not know that I worked in politics for 3 years in Washington, DC before my career in public health. Although I was a Political Science major in college I couldn’t pinpoint when I decided to get personally involved in politics. In college I got credit for being a volunteer on the [...]
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Political junkie
Posted in Random on 19/02/2012 | Leave a Comment »
Insane courage
Posted in Random on 31/01/2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m really loving this quote right now: “You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.” Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee in “We Bought a Zoo” (2011) Found via Ali Edwards weekly newsletter
Christmas Music Organization
Posted in Random on 14/12/2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not a secret that I’m a bit of a Christmas music nut. I may or may not have almost 500 songs in my collection … That said, not every song in my collection is created equal. With my non-Christmas music I am much more of a song person than an album person. I will [...]
Slump
Posted in Random on 21/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have been in a creative slump recently. No blog posting, no scrapbooking. However, there have been plenty of other things going on to keep me busy. Since mid-September I have gone to: Joburg with girlfriends for Taste of Joburg Sehlabathebe National Park – an 8 hour drive from Maseru See Coldplay in concert at [...]
I know, I know
Posted in Random on 16/05/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Source: piccsy.com via Lynnette on Pinterest I’ve been a terrible blogger. There is so much to catch up on from my April travels that I’ve been too overwhelmed to start. I decided that I just need to jump back into it. So I came across this image on Pinterest and laughed really hard. I could [...]
Postmortem on The Wire
Posted in Random on 24/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned previously, last week I finished a year-long effort with friends to watch all 5 seasons of the best television show EVER, also known as The Wire. I first learned of The Wire when I moved to Baltimore and everyone started asking me, “Have you seen The Wire? You have to watch The [...]
Travelin’ …
Posted in 17 before 2017, Random on 22/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I sent an email today to colleagues telling them that I will be in the office for 5 days in April. FIVE DAYS. How awesome is that? During that time I will be checking off one of the items on my 17 Before 2017 list – biennial sister trips. Okay, it’s the first of many [...]
Peace Corps Celebrates Nearly 40 Years in Botswana
Posted in Random on 16/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
This video showed up on Facebook yesterday via the U.S. Embassy in Gabs. I was moved to tears watching it. One of the people – Beauty Mahatelo – was not my direct counterpart but played a huge role during my first two years in Molepolole. So to hear her say such nice things about PCVs [...]
Best.television.show.ever
Posted in Random on 15/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
I will write more about this, but just had to quickly say that it can’t be a coincidence that all 5 seasons of The Wire went on sale the very same day I am finishing a year-long undertaking with friends to watch all 5 seasons of The Wire. I would be completely tempted to purchase [...]
Happy Birthday Peace Corps
Posted in Random on 01/03/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today, March 1st, is the 50th Anniversary of the creation of Peace Corps. March also happens to be MY Peace Corps anniversary month. Five years ago on March 17th I landed in Johannesburg with 27 people who would become lifelong friends. (I will always remember the exact date because it was St. Patrick’s Day and [...]
