Monthly Archives: June 2008

FISA update

Posted on 26 June 2008 by Sika

Probably our right to privacy is unimportant. Probably it was an oversight that allowed it into the Bill of Rights. All those people who don’t want us to discover exactly how badly the Bush Administration broke the law and exactly … Continue reading →

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Read this

Posted on 20 June 2008 by Sika

I meant to post this link a long time ago, but go read wensurprised . She’s a beautiful writer and her experiences here in Malawi (in the education sector teaching at a secondary school, and in the village) are very … Continue reading →

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11 June 2008: End of MST

Posted on 13 June 2008 by Sika

I had forgotten what cold season is like. Not the cold itself; that I remember, but the way in which it is cold. Any place where there is an absence of direct sunlight it is f-ing freezing. This morning we … Continue reading →

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10 June 2008

Posted on 13 June 2008 by Sika

I am at Mid Service Training right now. (Do you know what this means? I’ve been in Malawi for a whole year. Can you believe it? I mean, I know every second of the last year has just dragged by … Continue reading →

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Randomness

Posted on 13 June 2008 by Sika

Transport home the other night was running late and the sky was turning such interesting colors. Just above the plateau it was a dusky pearlescent mauve, the newly crescent moon suspended from the heavens like a boat sailing between the … Continue reading →

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6 June

Posted on 13 June 2008 by Sika

It occurs to me that I am inclined to write about the things that deviate from my routine, like the concert going and birthday parties I had last weekend. But these are the things that are most like home* and … Continue reading →

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