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An Unbelievable Bus Ride, Part III – No More Believers

And then, we are broken down again, this time for the last time. The bus is no longer ‘spoiled’, it is ‘finished.’

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Travel

Laurens on Wanderlust and Milk

Last night I finished re-reading “A Far-Off Place” Laurens van der Posts’  1974 sequel to “A Story Like the Wind.” I felt it appropriate to read both novels in preparation for our own journey to Africa, given our recent move to Africa. Set in Africa, both stories explore the relationship between Francois Joubert, a French boy born […]

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Travel

Magic

I’m watching from our ringside seats on the sixth floor of the Aloft Hotel as the human parade fades from the sidewalks outside the AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9. The New York skyline is rendered in peach and baby blue. A siren screams. A woman in bright fabric catches my eye. She is surrounded by […]

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Travel

Switching Hats

Well, here’s the big news: Bob and I are moving to Ghana, Africa for one year and will be leaving the United States in June! Columbia University is handling a grant-funded pilot program aimed at figuring out a process for turning fecal sludge into Biodiesel. Last week, Bob received a firm offer from their Department […]

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Food Happiness Travel

Breadfruit and Chestnuts

Bob and I once swore we would never live in a place where breadfruit didn’t grow.  We kept good to this promise for eight years and then re-entered the world of winter.  A place where breadfruit doesn’t grow.  A place where 99% of the population has no idea what breadfruit even is. But, as I […]