Day 13

A remarkable professor of English at Smith College has taken a loan against his house to continue his independent reporting on developments in Sudan. It has allowed him to be a full time Sudan researcher and analyst for the past seven years. How dedicated is that! He publishes his findings at http://sudanreeves.org/ and is widely published elsewhere.

Another place I visit for Sudan information is http://www.savedarfur.org/news/latestnews

I have nothing but praise for the President's commitment to pressure Sudan; we just need to keep making noises about our concerns so he/they hear that the people expect and demand more....until nothing less than a complete ceasefire is achieved and the people feel safe enough to return to their villages.

I had six grapes today, and on Sandy's urging had juice and a whole cup of warm bean broth/puree. When there is nothing in your digestive tract, it is amazing how fulfilling a warm cup of anything is in there. One cup of warm broth equals at least three cups of cold. No wonder they are wandering around the desert looking for firewood. You would think with all those people there would be no more trees or shrubs left to cut in Darfur.