STORIES
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A China Crap Tricycle
Neo just fell over on his new “crap-from-China-but-we-were-desperate” tricycle that he’s too small for. We’ve had it for about two…
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Are You Drinking Ethically Sourced Coffee?
This morning I am sipping a double espresso from Gatare, a washing station in the Kayanza district of Burundi that is…
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Dear Family,
Hope is the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one’s life.[1] It is the “feeling that what…
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Yogurt Making and Our Milkman
Let me mention that I am aware, someplace in my brain, that “hooray” as in “let’s jump for joy”…
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It ain’t pretty…
I hate this construction project, and I just wanted you to know. I am trying to learn French, a new…
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What’s in your cup?
Whats in your cup? My parents blast through freshly ground coffee in their Bunn Automatic. 12 cups in just over…
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A Letter to Myself.
There are moments of regret… When the evils of my humanity eclipse my most precious task, motherhood. Sad, so sad.…
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In The Burundi Coffee Hills
Let me begin by saying… These are the people, this is the moment, here.we.are. I have been feeling as if…
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Drivin’ ’round town…
Please don’t tell any of the AK47 toting police officers in town that we did this. They don’t seem to…
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the foreigners
My mind goes blank when I think of ways to describe this world to you. Completely blank. There are no…
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Coffee Cupping
Yesterday Myles and Neo and I followed Ben to his coffee lab. We did our best to destroy his lab…
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You moved your family where?
We have a great big hope. But this week it seems like a great big stinky bog is attempting to…
