Category Archives: Travel

Uganda and Wheat Fungus

Posted on 03-August-2011 by

The following is one of the reasons given for trying to preserve historic seed varieties.  It comes from NG (Jul 2011, p. 116): . . . Because if disease or future climate change decimates one of the handful of plants … Continue reading →

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Baseball in Uganda?

Posted on 03-August-2011 by

As I have written in previous posts, I travel to Uganda frequently.  In Africa, soccer (or as they call it . . . football) is king.  I’ve never seen any evidence of baseball.  So the following article intrigued me: A youth … Continue reading →

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Utah’s Unitarians

Posted on 01-August-2011 by

The following fascinating letter to the editor was printed in the SLTrib (29 Jul 2011): Salt Lake City’s First Unitarian Church congratulates This Is The Place Heritage Park for honoring a bevy of religious denominations that made Utah their home … Continue reading →

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Svalbard’s Vault, Doomsday Insurance + Art

Posted on 22-July-2011 by

Located “way up North,” above the Artic Circle, is Norway’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which officially opened 26 Feb 2008.  It was become the most diverse collection of food crop seeds anywhere on Earth. Also known as the “Doomsday Seed … Continue reading →

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Roman Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain

Posted on 16-July-2011 by

In June 2011, I visited the historic city of Segovia, Spain.  One of it premier tourist attractions is its ancient Roman aqueduct. According to an article titled “Saving Segovia’s Aqueduct” written by Norma Barbacci (ICON Magazine, Winter 2006/2007): Begun in the … Continue reading →

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Swingsets in Developing Countries

Posted on 15-July-2011 by

Over the last 2 years, the groups I have gone to Uganda with (principally the SeeeMe Institute of Logan, UT) have installed 11 swing sets in 8 dispersed locations throughout the country.  Most of the sets are installed at primary schools, … Continue reading →

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LDS Humanitarian Efforts

Posted on 12-July-2011 by

Today is my last day in Uganda.  Our group starts it voyage back to the USA tonight. This morning, with our driver, I visited a new housing development (Kirinya Kito) on the outskirts of Kampala.  Ugandans were hard at work … Continue reading →

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It’s a Metaphor . . . Stupid

Posted on 09-July-2011 by

Well . . . the punchline to The Book of Mormon musical comes when the Ugandan villagers find out that many of the stories that a missionary with an over-active imagination has told them are not true.  The Ugandan heroine is … Continue reading →

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God Save Uganda’s Children

Posted on 09-July-2011 by

On July 3, 2011, while travelling in Uganda, I had several very eye-opening experiences.  Our group was travelling in the north (an area recently torn apart by a senseless war) and headed to small village to provide health seminars, and … Continue reading →

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Enjoying the Good Life in Uganda

Posted on 08-July-2011 by

I’m currently travelling in Uganda.  I’ve been here for almost two weeks.  Our group generally stays in dumps and eats on the cheap.  We do this to minimize expenses.  But last week, I hit the wall. We had just entered Murchison … Continue reading →

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