Life sans Lynne is different and difficult to be sure but with the web and Skype, real time Gmail chat and the like it is easier to stay in touch. And distance at some level seems to promote communicating in a fashion that would otherwise not occur. Conversations are deeper, addressing long suppressed stuff, stuff we thought we'd handled long ago, and just STUFF. Interesting  how that drawer, the "stuff drawer" can be so crammed with, well, stuff, and both parties can be so unaware until one is gone and the communication centers said stuff and cleaning out the drawer, or at least arranging it.

Was in Moshupa on Friday and met one of my new "mentees". You see-I are a mentor. I am a mentor for several of the family medicine registrars (residents in the US terminology) that are participating in the distance learning and residency through Stellenbosch University where I visited two weeks ago.  Moshupa is spread out along the road to Kanye from here and has numerous remote clinics there so I already like the sound of it. And I can function in two roles at once, outreach to MOs and mentoring of registrars.

I head out to the remote western part of the country on Monday so will be out of web range for a week unless I find a cafe with access in Hukuntsi or Ghanzi. It should be a hoot as I'll drive there (we actually used to fly, no more thanks to the recession and GWB) and have little plans about where to stay or visit. They know I'm coming but it might mean that I'll sleep in the outpost or clinic, maybe the primary hospital if I'm lucky in Hukuntsi. I have a place to stay in Ghanzi.

The weekend has been one of preparation; inspecting the vehicle I take, cleaning it, and packing. There is a huge amount of nothing between villages out there, guess that's why is called the Kalahari Desert. Should really be up my alley.

Thanks for all the correspondence, it's never enough of course but it is very appreciated.