From Hotel Mediterraneo
We are sitting on the porch that fronts our room at Hotel Mediterraneo in Dar es Salaam, two divans in...
In Tanzania there is always a place to wash your hands – 8 April 2013
In Tanzania there is always a place to wash your hands. The toilet may be a stand-up; the room may...
We take the dead from morning to night
29 March 2020 A terrible milestone yesterday: 10,000 Italians have died of the virus, 542 in 24 hours in Lombardia...
Pasquetta
Today is Pasquetta, “little Easter.” In Italy, the day after the holiest day of the Christian calendar is also a...
6 April
Now that protective face masks are becoming widely accepted as effective in slowing transmission of the virus, I wonder whether...
Venturing out
3 April This morning I started my little Fiat for the first time since 19 March and went shopping for...
4 April
A friend has written, describing how he wipes down every item he brings from the grocery store into his home. ...
3 April
This morning I started my little Fiat for the first time since 19 March and went shopping for necessities. I...
A safe distance
31 March 2020 When a social welfare state doesn’t seem like such a bad idea: when the Protezione Civile delivers...
2 April
Our quarantine period ends tonight. Tomorrow morning I plan to make a trip to Ipercoop, the big hyper-market in the...