You can’t get there from here. Actually, you can get almost anywhere from here, but it’s usually going to take at least two flights. Which is fine, except for some reason my ears won’t pop after the second flight. They’re fine after the first one, but not so much after the second.
Sometimes I dream about Africa. I’ve been to Africa. Once. For a couple months during the summer. In my dreams I’ve been back several times. But not to the continent I came to know. My subconscious has transformed it into a collage of extremes, juxtaposing tropical coastlines with Middle Eastern cityscapes. It’s nothing like the [...]