MSU Campus Screening of Malawi & Malaria: Fighting to Save the Children

Friends- We are so excited about our first campus screening of “Malawi & Malaria: Fighting to Save the Children”. It’s open to the public…Here are the details: When: Feb. 15th, 7-9pm Where: 147 Comm. Arts Bldg, MSU, East Lansing The flim will start at 7pm and then discussion will follow at 8pm. Sue and I [...]

upcoming airings of “Malawi & Malaria: Fighting to Save the Children”

Here are some upcoming airdates/times for our film, including one tonight! Wanted to let you know that our documentary on Malawi will be re-airing on WKAR @ the following times: WKAR-23 main channel 1/7/11 (tonight) 10pm 1/18/11 11pm 1/31/11 10pm 2/28/11 11pm WKAR-WORLD 2/3/11 9pm

WKAR Premiere 12/27

Hello everyone. It’s been a while since we posted anything, but I must say we are very excited that the documentary you’ve been waiting for will premiere on WKAR in East Lansing on December 27 at 9pm. The film is 51 minutes long. Sue wrote a great script and you will see how the people [...]

MSU gets big grant to study Malaria in Malawi

Michigan State University announced recently that Terrie Taylor and her research team have been awarded a $9.1 Million dollar grant. This is VERY exciting news…Those of you who have been reading and following our story about our documentary know how important this research is. Meantime, for those who have been wondering, we are making slow [...]

Saying Goodbye

I’m not very good at goodbyes. When it comes right down to it, I’m a pretty emotional guy. My students may think I’m a cold, heartless instructor when I don’t care about their excuses, but that’s another matter. Goodbyes are never easy when it involves people and places that you love. In just one short [...]

Safari day, part 2

Going on the safari: Sue has described our walking tour on our Safari and I don’t have much to add in that regard other than that the beautiful landscape was breathtaking. Seeing baboons, warthogs, impalas, waterbucks, and assorted birds simply blew me away. I REALLY wanted to see elephants and Paul, our able guide tried [...]

Before The Safari

Sue and I finished up our odds and ends shooting Thursday afternoon and packed for the Lewande National Park. George dropped us off at the Guest House and he went home to pack an overnight bag. We wanted to chill for a bit and work on the blog and pack for ourselves. I was excited [...]

Time for School: Thursday

Time for school! Thursday morning: After going to dinner with Justice and Irene, we were excited to again visit their home again Thursday morning. I really wanted to follow Joyce to school and see what that was like. It was another early wake up call for Sue and I. No roosters crowing on this day. [...]

Two Priests, a Jew, and a Buffet

Wednesday evening: After a few days away from Justice’s family, we were looking forward to another visit. Sue and I decided to take Justice and Irene out for dinner. When we arrived at the church compound, Samuel came running out looking for me (and my camera). I scooped him up and gave him a big [...]

Map of Blantyre, Malawi

Karl Gude mentioned he was looking at our location in Google Earth, so here’s a Google Map of Blantyre, Malawi with a couple of markers where we were.