1 Dec
I was sitting at my desk at work one day staring into the computer. Although it looked like I was busy studying something on the screen, I was actually daydreaming of luscious green grass and hills filled with heather. You ever done that? Got caught up in a daydream about traveling to some exotic place, perhaps Paris, London, Rome, or Iceland? The scenery of England and Ireland had been calling me for years but I was single, over 40, and just too afraid to travel so far from home alone. I was also concerned about the cost and taking the time off work.
28 Jul
In 1985 the Sudan was in considerable trouble. Sudan had been in trouble before but this time the country was almost on its knees. I had been invited to visit relatives of a dear friend of mine, a Sudanese girl I shared an apartment with, and I was hoping to be met by her cousin Zuba.