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Baby boom

April 15th, 2009 · No Comments

During an evening with an anthropologist friend, we somehow got around to the subject of diapers, or rather no diapers, among the Baulé villagers with whom she had lived in Mali. “Ever notice how African babies don’t wear anything on their bottoms? Just open pants with no seat?” Well, come to think of […]

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Tags: Travel · Africa

Way down south (Antarctica, November 2007)

December 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments


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Tags: Travel · Voyages

Lavender land (Provence, June 1999)

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments


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Tags: Family · Travel · Europe

Bilbo’s Baggage (Spain, 1999)

September 23rd, 2007 · No Comments


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The Hordes at Lourdes (June 1999)

September 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment


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Sticky Boys (Mali and Senegal, 2001)

September 1st, 2007 · No Comments


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Tags: Travel · Africa

Wine Not (Salt Lake City, Nov 2002)

August 7th, 2007 · No Comments


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Tags: Travel · What next

To the Ends of the Ard (Scotland, June 2006)

July 31st, 2007 · 4 Comments


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What goes up.. (Amalfi Coast, July 2007)

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments


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Butter You than Me

July 25th, 2007 · No Comments


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Tags: Family · Travel