Sarah out of Lusaka

Here’s an update on all things inconsequential: 1) Al was on hands & knees one morning searching for the pesky cicada. He couldn’t find ...

For those of you who’ve never heard a cicada , consider yourself lucky. Well, maybe not. I have to admit; it’s lovely walking home from work...

I’ve posted photos of Mutale’s matabeto, kitchen party & now at last, here are some photos of her wedding day. It was beautiful outdoor ...

Hi all, I guess my week has been busier than I expected…I want to catch up chronologically so I’m moving back to Friday October 10th when I ...

I can't believe I received this cartoon as I wind down from my exams- hahaha! And Happy Thanksgiving to all my loved ones in Canada. I m...

It was a crazy hectic week jam packed with lots of things I shouldn’t have been doing (planting flowers, baking cookies & lemon loaf) ...

What a beautiful philosophy:

Apart from the studies (I write my first exam in exactly one week- yipe!) I managed to eke out a lovely weekend. Saturday we had an exciting...

I was invited to Mutale’s bridal shower (called a kitchen party in Zambia) on Saturday. I was excited to see some traditional Lozi dress; I’...

Just a goofy post to start the week. This is my new beautiful hat that I want to wear to at every appropriate occasion but since it's be...

I had to laugh while reading my dear friend Holly’s blog the other day- she wrote about feeling generally low & had asked the universe t...

Apologies, I know the photo quality isn’t great- it appears that when my camera was in my hand bag the dial switched to something other than...

As has been the case recently, I’ve been itching to update my blog but frankly- don’t have much to say. I thought I would include a couple o...

Hard to believe another long weekend has passed & we’re already into September. I have a few stories (largely uninteresting) and no pho...

Despite the country being in mourning, I had a nice weekend. It’s so quiet because all celebrations/ recreational activities have been banne...

Well the news finally arrived from France- President Mwanawasa has died. Despite Zambia's challenges, a vast majority of Zambians will s...

My girls from back in the day started this "a day in the life" email chain. We re-connected by telling these random stories that w...

Just want to wish everyone back home a brilliant weekend at the Folk Fest! Hard to believe it's been a year since sitting on Gallagher h...

It's hard to believe that another long weekend has zipped by. Friday evening I went to support a colleague’s fundraiser- an Indian fashi...

Christmas in July. Imagine that. Yesterday I received a package from Hol that was sent from Canada in November. I have no idea where it sat ...