by Minga Claggett-Borne | Mar 2, 2016 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
Tragedy is impossible to measure. It’s the same for beauty. I sit in my backyard and hear above the graceful soar of the olive ibis. This bird, with a curved pointed beak and rasping call, has a dark beauty. When it speaks it can be heard for miles, Cahaw,...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Feb 22, 2016 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
Rwanda and the USA have one thing in common—violence at home has erupted wildly in the last 30 years. Both countries need immense healing from trauma. You may think of healing as a soft, fuzzy kind of work. Trauma healing can be tender, but even more, it’s tough...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Feb 9, 2016 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
On Saturday I took the 15-cent bus (moomoogee) down to Kigali center. I wanted to buy African fabric, but to my dismay, I found many stores closed–those local stores with hand-made items. Do you want to know why? Soon after President Kagame came to power, he...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Jan 29, 2016 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
Rwanda is amazing. It rains every other day, mostly the sun beams on the papaya and jacaranda trees. We have power outages many days sometimes for an hour but usually shorter. Birdsong loudly blooms overhead or whenever a clutch of trees clings to the hillside....
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Jan 15, 2016 | Pilgrimage 2015-16
Rwanda spilled its greeting on us when we arrived at dusk in Kigale. We watched the vibrant shades of green turn to undulating shadows. The sun bowed below one of the many hills with its checkerboard of houses, corn fields and thickets of papaya/avocado/banana groves....
