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Berlin Wall photos, 1990
In March of 1990, I went to work in Germany for a few weeks, and after work was done, Gina flew over and we travelled for a couple of weeks. And the first place on my list of must-see cities was...
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Paralyzed
My life is like this right now. Work. School. Kids. Housing. Moving. Staying. By the end of May there will likely be clarity, but right now there is nothing but fog and nothing I can do but wait for it...
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Sorry if the last post alarmed anyone. We’re just out of town for two weeks in a place with sketchy internet. We’re on a trip to Kenya to visit Gina’s brother’s family (he’s a political officer in the...
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Stay Bamboocha
The part of Nairobi where we’re staying, in the Thigiri area, is populated by many ex-pats and embassy staff. It’s stunningly beautiful. It’s also hell on my white settler guilt. We live in a beautiful...
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Kenya Foods
The national beer is Tusker. I haven’t tried it, but I got a shirt anyway because it looks cool. They have a popular ginger beer here called Stoney. Good stuff. I drink lots, when I’m not drinking...
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We visited the US Embassy. Sadly, it was too hot to wear my Defend New Orleans shirt, but I got a scowl out of the Marine guard just on general principles. Marines don’t like me. I have no idea why....
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The Mara
We spent three days on a game drive in the Masai Mara. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to visit a zoo again without it seeming sad and kind of ridiculous. The Mara is a large Kenyan game preserve near...
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Raw uncut nature
Sorry about the lack of postings on the rest of the Africa trip. Affairs of state must take precedence over, uh, affairs of state. We went to Disney’s Animal Kingdom a couple of years ago, and it was...
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Climate change effect on the Great Migration
Having had the honor to witness the Great Migration up close and personal this summer in the Masai Mara, I found this bit on MSNBC rather sad: Wildebeests' migration in danger This reminds me, though,...
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I just don’t wanna. When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night I don’t wanna grow up Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right I don’t wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That’s always changing things...
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