Daalu nwee omarjcha obochi – ka omesia…. When you get used to a routine and get settled into a comfortable pace doing something, you ‘hit your stride’. On the other hand, ‘getting in the grove’ means to have fun and enter into the spirit of the situation or circumstance of the moment, I’ve learned to […]

Whilst I cannot tell the story in the first person, I pass along this story and the discovery that changed the world. At the end of the 19th Century, Sir Ronald Ross, a Scottish doctor working in the British Army in India discovered that mosquitoes transmit malaria. This monument discovery affirmed that preventing mosquito bites […]

           Life in Nigeria – Abuja Anyone who knows me, knows I collect pins from all the countries I’ve ever travelled. This one is as special as all the others – I just asked a guard outside the compound to Federal High Court – they were more than willing to pass it along when they […]

It has almost been a month since my last blog. Whilst I am based in Abuja my assignment has me auditing for the Malaria Consortium and I have been traveling around the country.  Just as when I was in Mozambique and traveled there – here in Nigeria I have done the same and that is […]

As I write this, Summer is coming to an end in the Northern Hemisphere and for most of the folks on PULSE here in Nigeria will or have already begun their mid-trips home. This time reminds me of the song ‘On the Way Home’ by John Mayer.  A few years ago I got to see […]

This is a shorter blog than most but felt I had to share – I’m over 7k miles from home and currently in Lagos for work and people greet me and their first words after introductions – I’m sorry for your loss – then it hits me – they may be remembering fellow Americans that […]

It’s been an interesting 4 weeks since I arrived in country and the last 10 days have been most challenging when it comes to ‘time’. We measure our life experiences by it – from the hour we set our alarms, to the gatherings between family and friends for fellowship and meals shared, milestones like birthdays, […]

As per my last blog about the people we pass every day – this is the story of J.H. Local painter – Abuja Nigeria. I met J. H. (actually his name is James Henry but prefers his initials) one afternoon in the Central Business District. He was sitting in the sunshine and as is usual […]

A little over a week has gone by since my fingers have taken to the keyboard of my laptop. I arrived in Abuja Nigeria and after a rather uneventful passing through border control and customs I was out the airport door for the start of a new adventure that doesn’t have me living out of a […]

    Welcome to Africa! It’s been a busy 2 weeks since my last post.  I left London on Saturday 29 July for my first audit in Mozambique (MZ) and along the way had interesting experiences and personal life changing events seeing the people and work that the Malaria Consortium does in the field. After […]

I started this particular blog thinking about departures – the departure from routine, departure from family and friends, departure from what is familiar… Today is the start of my journey – where will it take me? As I set forth for that drive from home to airport, I have more than just a flutter of […]