Phil in the Blank

Rain water is better for plants than tap water.

The Senegalese state has been batting me around for the past week and between that, trying to climb up a mountain of neglected correspondence, a gazillion other things in various states of completion/disarray, and my family, I have struggled to find the t…

I would normally do some self-censoring here, mainly because of my mom, who tends to worry.

This is me taking a big breath and then emptying my lungs to blow off all the dust on this blog.

Twenty twenty four felt like a car careening around a bend with two wheels in the air.

and a bird person My wife Bintou banned me from skateboarding a couple of years ago and I am probably one injury away from losing pickup basketball.

Here’s what’s been happening lately.

I wanted to briefly share what it was like to work with USAID some years ago, when a Malian woman and I teamed up on a project called SOS Democracy.

I think this is a fairly uncontroversial list, but you can let me know in the comments if you think otherwise. 1.

Twenty twenty four felt like a car careening around a bend with two wheels in the air.

I can’t remember the last time I wrote a poem.

In 2019, I had a red bump on my forehead that would not go away.