My email spot

My email spot, originally uploaded by mattcotham.

I currently am emailing using a 'cell-phone modem', which is basically a

cell-phone that plugs into my computer and allows me to connect to the

internet. I don't get good cell coverage in my apartment, so my current

system is to go outside and sit in my pink lawn chair (also known as a

'lazy-man chair') with my laptop on my knees, my hoodie on, and the cat

gnawing at my toes while I watch the sunset or contemplate the mass of

lettuce that I'm about to harvest from my garden next week (what I'm

going to do with 35 heads of lettuce, I'm not quite sure; gotta work on

having my gardener space out the planting a bit). Occasionally I get

treated to sunsets like this (taken by one of the visiting docs) or the

incredible night sky filled with billions and billions of stars, to

quote Carl Sagan. Next photo project -- picture of the stars.



One downside from having so much natural exposure is the fact that my

malaria risk has gone up immensely as I sit outside at dusk while

emailing and get bit by the mosquitos. That should tail off here as the

rainy seasons have ended. I think it's a good trade-off anyway.