First hand account from Africa

Adventures in Africa: Saving the children



Part I of an ongoing series



Judy Lorimer has just returned from a month in Mali, West Africa, doing volunteer work for Save the Children. During her stay, she kept a journal, which we will run as a series of columns about Mali and Lorimer's work there. Her hope through this series is to educate our readers about what life in Rural Africa is like and to encourage you to consider sponsoring a child in the region, as she does, at the cost of $1 a day. Until last year, Judy was a teacher in Harvard. Now retired, she lives in Pepperell.



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The outsourcing of American jobs: a timeline

This is a quick and easy look at the history of how the outsourcing of American jobs has become a critical piece of our economic development strategy. Thanks goes out to a former student of mine for pointing this out! Thanks Wendy!!!



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....wouldn't be a good snow with out large icicles (is that how it's spelled?) hanging from the gutters of the cribs on Chippewa Drive...

I have conquered the Blizzard of '04! Against the wishes of my better half (ahem), I and my faithful compadre, my 4 yr. old daughter Jacquelyn, cleared a path to park at least three cars for X-Mas! Ohhhh Ann, we are waiting for you!!!!!

The beauty of day old snow is something to behold.....NOT!!! You see, it's wonderful for the first day, but once you realize that you are penned in, jailed, cabined, under the restraints of tiddily wink snow, well then things begin to change....all in good gest!

Well, I made it out in my car (even though there is about five inches of snow under dem tracks. My only problem was I broke a mirror off Susan's car while going the equivalent of 60 mph down the driveway, and I only got hung up once at the end of the street. Thank God for those two wimpersnappers who helped me get on my way. Tis the season to be freakin' jolly!!!!

Notice the high pile of snow on the back of this four door? Talk about the creepies....You can't know how much snow we got without walking through it...