Not Forgotten

I was thinking the other day, I've neglected the blog. I guess I got out of the habit while in Uganda. I owe all of you heated blog posts about Boda Boda traffic lubricant, home-made Matoke, and how luck we are in the US regardless of the economy and who is president. However, I'm not sure what it is about Africa, but it seems like everyone wants to go back. Maybe it's just Uganda, but most of the people are just concerned about living rather than all the craziness that the world has in it. In all of the 14 days I was there, a 10 minute conversation stands out. A 50 year old man named Alex who runs the Namma orphanage described his water needs. He also talked about how much the climate had changed over his life (shorter rainy season and less predictable). He wanted to know why. Thats when it hit me. My 60 mile a day commute with a V8 engine might be killing somebody. Hows that for a reality check? You don't really think much about climate change when you get your water from a tap and your food from a store. But when all the water you get gets collected off of your roof you start to pay a little more attention.