The children and cooks are happy and hopeful once again. I am finally allowing myself to feel proud of what I have accomplished. I know the Day Care will now be stronger and better than it could ever have been in the past.

There is one television station in Malawi. Most of the programming on the channel is in Chichewa but some is in English. For one hour a day they get BBC World Service. Their national news is reported in English with the usual headlines, sports and weather. It comes on at 8:00 [...]

I started to call Mabvuto a banana several weeks ago because he made me so angry that I thought he must be crazy. Somehow calling him a banana made me laugh and feel somewhat better about his crazy behaviour.
I have just returned from another trip to Ntcheu. This time, I met with Mabvuto and [...]

This is my third trip to Malawi. Each time I come I see things that strike me as interesting or strange. I tell some people at home but I rarely write it in detail. There are many random things that I notice and I hope you’ll find them as amusing or interesting [...]