STORIES
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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 producing amazing coffee. All this coffee sipping got me thinking…
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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 is wanted can be had or that events will turn…
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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” is not spelled (or is it spelt) with two ‘r’s…
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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 city, how to drive like an insane person, and where…
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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 a minute. While some snobbier coffee specialists may scoff at…
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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. Why will I not just.embrace.it.all. Stop fighting, loosen up! They…
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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 I owe you, big time. I feel like I owe…
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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 like our cameras. At all. What you are seeing is…
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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 words, which is why it is my temptation to just…
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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 and his coffee cupping notes, but we also managed to…
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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 snatch away our hope and our joy along with it.…
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Tomorrow We Jump…
… and I just wanted you to know. It has been a fight, a gigantic BATTLE to get to this point. We are sick (literally) and tired. This journey has…
