Falling in Love from Afar

We here at Project Diaspora are a diverse group. I have travelled far and… well… near. But my world has mainly encompassed the America’s (North and Central). I come to know Uganda through my good friend TMS Ruge. When we embarked on this little (hah!) project I had (have!) a lot of learning to do. So I have begun to explore your world a bit, by reading your words… and what wonderful words they are! The blogroll that you see here is all of you.. who I am getting to know, by reading the words you sent out into the ether. And look! They landed in Texas. So if you are visiting here as a Ugandan blogger… welcome! If you are part of the Diaspora and have not explored these blogs… well, you are missing out, so get to clickin’! There is some great stuff in here! Since I have just begun to explore these blogs, I wanted to comment a bit on a few that made a strong impression on me.Today I am most struck by Dante of Remotely Personal: dante-no-more.blogspot.com. I started to read and I was made so uncomfortable by his blog… I skipped it and went on to others that I could read without confronting anything unexpected; but I went back. I felt the need to know; where was he going with that story? What happened? So I read on. I am so glad I did. Such honest, raw emotion… such clear stories. Lovely to read; if you can get past the gritty and sometimes pathetic reality that none of us ever really wants to face.

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