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Still can’t abide gulping plain water (makes me gag!), but discovered “Crystal Light” (sugar-free, nearly zip calories) – surely gotta be better than not drinking water at all. Truly feel better, and find that I actually crave more water now/feel crummy if I don’t get enough.

Have tossed up some of the fabrics I collected in South Africa, Swaziland (gotta love those batiks!), Lesotho and Mozambique – and am finally beginning to create my Africa memory quilt. Plan on tucking in various bits of shell, ostrich feather (from riding one in RSA!), coins, etc.

Will likely take me months to finish it, but it feels good to revive memories of my 6 week backpacking adventure and stitch them into an art quilt.

Before I left on my solo backpack trip to Africa, I purchased a handful of itty bitty glass bottles (about 1” long) with bitsy corks. Tucked a wee note along w/ my email address into each, sealed them and – tossed them into the Indian Ocean at various stops along my way. Likely a miracle should I ever hear from anyone, but you never know…