Strangechord

I was going to blog about all sorts of things tonight, but it’s too damn hot. See, it’s 90 degrees and it rarely reaches 90 in the Northwest and we don’t have air conditioning. Ugh, my Pitta is full-on aggravated.

Here is one link, the best news I read all weekend: All-Female African Village Still Thriving After 10 Years (via Heather Corinna).

The all-female village of Umoja, Kenya is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year as a prosperous community after ten years of struggle and opposition. Umoja, meaning “unity” in Swahili, was founded ten years ago by a group of homeless women who had been left by their husbands because they were raped. The husbands claimed that their wives had shamed them and their villages…

Do read the whole article. I posted lots of links on the sidebar to bear us through this weather. The ugly dog is my new favorite thing.