Sika | June 25, 2010
And, that’s it for Peace Corps. I’m still going to be writing at this address, but when I get back from Costa Rica, I’m going to archive all my Peace Corps related stuff at a different address, redesign and re-title my blog, and start new(ish). Someone once told me it annoyed her when RPCVs kept [...]
Sika | July 30, 2009
The one caveat is that you have to get the peppermint extract during the 3 months a year when it seems to be at all the USaves, Tutlas, Argos, and People’s. Then print out or copy the recipe here at 101 cookbooks. This is a wonderful website with amazing dishes I can’t wait to try [...]
Sika | March 18, 2009
This post at Shakesville honestly made me cry. It made me think about adoption in a way I never have before. It’s political, but not in any kind of a shrill way. Mostly it’s just heart-felt and heart-rending. You don’t need to have strong opinions about the matter: just read it. Maybe, like me, you’ll [...]
Sika | February 23, 2009
We were meant to go to Robben Island our second day in South Africa. We had also booked it by phone, since the website tells you how to make online bookings but then refuses to actually accept them. We were told that Robben Island is worth going to and books up early. So we did [...]
Sika | June 20, 2008
I meant to post this link a long time ago, but go read wensurprised . She’s a beautiful writer and her experiences here in Malawi (in the education sector teaching at a secondary school, and in the village) are very different than mine. Plus, I’m pretty sure her username is a Terry Pratchett reference, and [...]
Sika | August 3, 2007
I’m exceedingly grateful that Dan Savage now has a podcast and that Roger Ebert is writing his own movie reviews again. What can I say, I’m easy.
Sika | July 30, 2007
Afghan Woman by Lana Šlezi? My mama brought me a copy of the July/August Mother Jones. In it is part of the photos taken by my new favorite photographer, Lana Šlezi?. This picture, and many others evoke something almost indescribable in me–their power is palpable and the subjects are both heartbreaking and heartbroken. She has [...]
Sika | April 4, 2007
Volcan Irazu – Crater 5, originally uploaded by firesika. I’ve finally finished uploading, sorting, and adding stories to my Costa Rican photos, and they are now available in my Costa Rica 2007 collection on flickr. If you want to read the stories, they are available through the detail view of each set. I should soon [...]
Sika | March 4, 2007
Self-portrait, originally uploaded by firesika. I have new photos up on flickr. It isn´t even close to all of them, and I don´t have stories up yet, but if you want a preview, go looky. I´ll be adding some slowly, and then a few days after I get home, everything should be up in some [...]
