14 Feb Transitions Happy Valentine’s Day! This Valentine’s Day was spent with new friends and filled with sunshine and warm weather. I spent the afternoon bike riding through the streets of Salt River suburbs where artists from a conglomerate of…
Carrot Hole At the time I began writing this, it had been just one week since my arrival to Cape Town (22 Jan)- here are some of the thoughts that I gathered in that week, and a little more since…
16 January 2021 Twenty-Four The First Twenty-Four It has officially been twenty-four hours since the arrival to my new home in Cape Town. There is a lot I could say about my experience so far- but first and most pertinently-…
I officially made it to Cape Town, South Africa without any major hiccups in traveling, and I am so excited for this journey to begin! But man, was I overwhelmed the first day. To be honest, I think I came…
It’s never fun to be denied. Whenever we put ourselves out there, there’s always a chance that we could be denied. It seems a bit silly that we do this but we do. I did this in 2016, shooting my…
| Click here to listen to a song I found myself listening to repeating while I processed and gathered my thoughts to produce this post | Grappling with the events that broke out yesterday has deemed itself to be…
8 days. In just 8 days I will embark on this new journey to Cape Town, South Africa. About two years ago, I made the decision to go on a Maymester to South Africa. At the point of that decision,…
In the midst of a rapidly evolving world, fast paced with little room for empathy and grace if left behind, it has felt increasingly overwhelming to keep up with the conversations of our nation to say the least. In the…
Uganda is continuing to manage COVID. We had our first deaths reported in the last couple of weeks, but the spread of the virus is very slow and appears to be well maintained. The borders remain closed, but Ugandan citizens…
If you have ever had the privilege of visiting Uganda, you have probably heard the term “African time.” African time is VERY different from American time. Here in Uganda someone can tell you they will be there in 20 minutes,…