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Life in the desert.
I have now been in Al-Hillah Iraq for one and a half months and already it feels like a year and a half! As you gathered from my first...
Cal Sampson
Feb 27, 20214 min read
Soccer Frenzy
We have been caught up in the World Cup soccer frenzy here in Ghana. Not having our own South African team to support, we have settled...
Cal Sampson
Feb 4, 20214 min read
Social Butterfly
It has been extremely busy in the office (don’t get me wrong this is a good thing), I love my writing and staying in touch with my loved...
Cal Sampson
Feb 1, 20215 min read
Sand Castles
No amount of research could have sufficiently prepared me for my landing in Najaf, Iraq. I was the only westerner on the flight and I...
Cal Sampson
Jan 27, 20213 min read
“The rainbows of life follow the storms”
My apologies for no weekly newsletter last week, we had a very busy week in the office and then our Nigerian friends paid us a wonderful...
Cal Sampson
Jan 12, 20214 min read
There are no barriers in life, only challenges.
Feeling a bit like Phinnaeus Fogg from around the world in 80 days, I decided to pucker up and join Victer on his trip to Benin. He hates...
Cal Sampson
Jan 9, 20215 min read
Dancing through Ghana.
Looking back on previous newsletters I am forced to acknowledge that they project a sense of humour and light heartedness. Ghana holds...
Cal Sampson
Jan 6, 20214 min read
Bye Bye beloved South Africa.
You have probably all been wondering what happened to me? There is no short answer to this question and I’m not too sure where to begin...
Cal Sampson
Jan 5, 20212 min read
There's a rat in the kitchen.
We have experienced lots of power cuts and days without internet service, so I can only hope that once this newsletter is completed, I...
Cal Sampson
Nov 19, 20206 min read
Nigerian Adventures.
I promised you an exciting newsletter after our Easter trip to visit friends in Lagos, Nigeria. I trust you have all been waiting in...
Cal Sampson
Nov 6, 20206 min read
Sweet Child of Mine
“She’s got a smile that seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky Now and then ...
Cal Sampson
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Not Batman!
Nighttime is like a scene from “Count Dracula Returns and sets up business in Ghana”. The skies are black and teeming with bats. The...
Cal Sampson
Oct 30, 20204 min read
Still hot as hell.
Today is Victer’s birthday. Not much to really do here though that would make it exciting for him. Graeme, the director from Du Pont...
Cal Sampson
Oct 23, 20205 min read
Another day in Ghana....
The war against the mosquito continues. Was shocked to discover that without malaria medication we were in serious trouble, something I...
Cal Sampson
Oct 16, 20205 min read
I believe in Miracles
On the 7th October 1990, Nicholas Kyle Kruger, my first-born son made his entrance into the world. The eve of his birth, I was out on the...
Cal Sampson
Oct 13, 20203 min read
Letting my heart walk outside my body
I remember when you were all mine, and then suddenly you let go of my hand and walked away. Gut wrenching fear strangled my heart as I...
Cal Sampson
Oct 10, 20203 min read
"Tru Souldjahs Don Die"
“Tru Souldjahs don die” – (True soldiers don’t die) This is the graffiti painted in green on one of the walls here on my way into work. I...
Cal Sampson
Oct 9, 20204 min read
Looking back...
Many years ago, the family, being myself, my then husband Victer, my son Chris, my daughter Morgan and my mom in law, Denise, made the...
Cal Sampson
Oct 2, 20205 min read
To the love of words!
Hi Guys. I am insanely excited to be here and starting my own blog for the very first time. Just to give you a little bit of a background...
Cal Sampson
Sep 19, 20202 min read
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