N.B. My computer has lapsed into a deep, deep sleep (probably due to two years of heavy use in a dusty village), so blog entries will present a challenge from here on out. My official close of service date is a week from tomorrow; my last day in my...

Three weeks to COS! I'm in the process of uploading a last album of photos - highlights from the past 10 months or so - if anyone wants to browse (my picasa albums are on the right hand side of the blog). It should cover all kinds of exciting stuff,...

...title from the title of a Sufjan Stevens song that sort of captures my mood at the moment. My life looks like the routine of the past two years, if you can call it a routine, but recently the patterns have been subtly shifting and everything is...

...lately I have been eating pomegranate seeds and plain yogurt and just a drizzle of honey all mixed up together, and I can't believe I ever ate anything else for breakfast, lunch, or dessert. That's all.

I am moving out of my village in 36 days. New word: Moroccracy (Morocco + bureaucracy) The weather is still way too warm for mid-October, but I think I can finally safely say that an entire summer has passed with NO SCORPIONS in my house. This has...