Monthly Archives: January 2013

To err is human…..

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

I sit at my computer quite late on a Friday night (Saturday morning actually) at the end of a week that saw an American icon, a role model for many young and old,  admit to being a deeply flawed human … Continue reading →

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AU # 16

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Hello there all. The last Au update, end of a short era. Joe here and feeling a bit colder than last time I wrote although France has welcomed me back with some unseasonably warmer weather. I hope you all had … Continue reading →

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AU # 15

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Good bye Sierra Leone, My last weekend in Sierra Leone and the journey has been amazing. I am glad I was able to share it with you all. I leave being so excited to get home and see my family … Continue reading →

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AU # 14

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Give me light, at any cost. As I sit in one of the world’s poorest countries I once again realize it is so hard to not have my western glasses on. How do you move a country that is pretty … Continue reading →

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AU # 13

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Re-use, Re-cycle, Re-think! In our throw away societies we never re-use, we just re-buy. I have just sat with my local stall holder who sells food and drinks and watched her bag up sugar in small plastic bags cutting off … Continue reading →

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AU # 12

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

BLACK FRIDAY BLUES Thanksgiving nearly passed me by but last night one of the brothers asked me at dinner last what it was all about. I told him about the harvest meal shared with the Indians after the pilgrim’s hard … Continue reading →

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AU # 11

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

It’s a big city, but definitely not the Big Apple! Cities, no matter how unsustainable they may be over a certain population, I still love them in all shapes and forms, my favorite city aside, Freetown is just another one … Continue reading →

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AU # 10

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Hello Africa Updatees! I just want to say this philosophical ditty ahead was born of facing my own mortality – strangely to blame on our age of digital communication. As I have been away from my family now for over … Continue reading →

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AU # 9

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Get on your bikes and ride! Freddy Mercury was getting fat bottomed girls on bikes way before I was getting bikes to topless African woman. Okay I exaggerate, none of those topless women come to the workshops, they just hang … Continue reading →

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AU # 8

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin’! I rode my bike through the surrounding jungle and small villages leading to a river on the outskirts of Lunsar. An idyllic day, the hot sun blazed above, tempered thankfully by the … Continue reading →

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