Hujambo!
In five weeks and one day, I leave for Tanzania. The closer I get to July 25, the more nervous and excited I become. Nervous because there are so many challenges in Tanzania, culturally and physically, and excited because I’m only going to climb Kilimanjaro once, so here’s my chance. (Actually, that last thought makes [...]
June 19th, 2009
Kilimanjaro Countdown . . .
June 8th, 2009
Princess
Although I love poetic language — the language of the abstract, the unspoken, of simile and metaphor — I don’t often try my hand at poetry. But one day as I entered a wooded glade, the poetic muse struck. I sat on a bench, took out my pencil and paper, and let that rare muse [...]
June 4th, 2009
WICKED By Gregory Maguire
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
My review
rating: 3 of 5 starsThere was much in Gregory Maguire’s novel, WICKED, that tickled my fancy. Elphaba, the main character more commonly known as “The Wicked Witch of the West” in the Wizard of Oz, [...]
