The Return

Now that I've arrived back in the US, back to a place with regular internet access, I can start posting again. I can write about my time up on the Dampier Peninsula. I can write about Ngamakoon and Djugaragyn and Djarindjin and Ardyaloon. I can write about Deb and Steve, Ngama Paul, the Sampi clan, and Kevin George. I can write about NGOs and conspiracy theories, violence and generosity, and discovery.

In reality, though, the inconsistancy of internet access was nothing more than a convenient excuse for not writing during the past month. The nature of my time in these places is the real reason why I didn't write about them weeks ago. I was far too involved in day-to-day living. Overwhelmed by it, you might say. The things I learned and the experiences I had require some processing in order to make sense of them. But, as a friend recently told me, sometimes you explain things to yourself when you explain them to others.