by admin | Mar 27, 2010 | Blog
Note: I’ll be on blogtalk radio with Kisha on Monday April 12th, 11am EST. Click here for more details….but in the meantime, see below… Given an opportunity, would you choose to change lives? Do you believe it’s a function of what you have or...
by admin | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
Do you ever wonder where you’ll be five years from now? Wonder what life holds (good and bad) and if you could possibly truly imagine what it will be like? The first time I was on my way to Rwanda in 2005 I journaled. I knew I’d be doing more as I flew...
by admin | Dec 27, 2009 | Blog
My work in Rwanda has changed my life. The Itafari Foundation and its work are a gift and a challenge. My perspective on what is possible, the true meaning of the strength of the human spirit, my understanding of inhumanity and its consequences: these ideas are no...
by admin | Dec 23, 2009 | Blog
No, I cannot tell you what came over me. But I can tell you I was scrolling through Twitter this morning and contemplating a Starbucks non fat peppermint latte and began to write a poem on twitter. I still don’t know why – except that it amused me. And 14...
by admin | Dec 7, 2009 | Blog
And yes, it was cold enough for me too. This past weekend I worked at the Itafari Booth at the Lake Oswego European Market selling the baskets of Rwanda. From 9-4 on Saturday and 12-4 on Sunday, I stood in our little booth and talked about the amazing women of Rwanda....
by admin | Nov 22, 2009 | Blog
Four soldiers. Three I know well. One I haven’t met, yet. They cover WWII, end of the Korean War, peacetime for the United States in 1987 and now, the Iraq war. My father, my husband, my son, a soldier in Iraq. Yesterday, November 21, 2009 would have been the...
