Tag: I love you

  • What’s $50…To a Man Walking on His Hands, in Addis Ababa

    I awake from ten hours of sleep, sluggish and tired. But start my routine, shower and buna before the power clicks off. Then lockup, walk along Bole to Meskal. Pausing at the massive, tiered semi-circle to watch an impromptu women’s soccer game as men crowd…

  • Standing in an Ethiopian Kitchen, Holding Hands

    Day four in Ethiopia begins. I pad down the four flights of now-familiar stairs, past the table already set for my breakfast, and softly crack open the kitchen door. Floor to ceiling pale blue tiles, cold cement floor, silver-gray dim morning light, the crisp air…