Tag: fear

  • Turning 32 in Ethiopia

    I take the next day off work and rest. I cancel my trip south to coffee country. I slowly re-gain my strength. Then suddenly I only have one day in Ethiopia left. It’s my birthday. October 6th. It’s the fourth year I’ve managed to be…

  • Working Too Late and Paying the Price

    Sitting in the low chairs of the Hilton lounge, I work late into the night on a caramel macchiato roll. I look up frequently, thinking I’m starring off into the endless Ethiopian evening, conjuring up the right revenue model, the particular word with just the right nuance,…

  • Stuck Between a Gun and an Attempted Kidnapping…

    I work non-stop, the next day, only breaking to walk to the Ethiopian Airlines office in the center of town to re-arrange my ticket to fly back to Addis the day after Meskel, instead. (Which they easily do, with a phone call and no computer…