Monthly Archives: February 2016
Borders Are For Maps: Part 2
It’s not what you’re thinking. Although Part 1’s ending made for a great cliffhanger the gunman turned out to be nothing more than a security guard, however intimidating that might be. It did get me thinking though, as he escorted me up the rest of the trail towards the top of the mesa, about why an armed … Continue reading
Borders Are For Maps: Part 1
The night before my flight I said farewell to my new friend Simen. If you have been following my blog then you already know him as the sparker of many stories. His final advice for me was to keep my guard up in Axum. “Over there it is a much bigger city. Not everyone knows … Continue reading
Motivation Takes Many Forms: Part 3
What Simen Says As Simen and I made our way out of the village, I took a good look around. Out of all the mud huts, his aunt’s was far from the finest on the block. The fanciest among them had holes punched in the walls of about the thickness of a broomstick. They looked … Continue reading
Motivation Takes Many Forms: Part 2
A Higher Calling As it so happens, Simen’s aunt lives practically around the corner from the school. We dropped in, and yet again I got the feeling that they weren’t expecting us. It didn’t seem to matter much as Simen’s aunt stopped what she was doing the moment we arrived and came over to give … Continue reading
Motivation Takes Many Forms: Part 1
Self Imposed Exile Simen didn’t particularly like trails. What he did like, I discovered, was springing things on me. With the high noon sun threatening to cook us as thoroughly as the treeless, sunbaked landscape all around us, Simen made an impatient dash downhill by the most direct route possible that wouldn’t involve any tumbling. This … Continue reading