Volunteer life bursts with cultural faux pas, fruitless projects and second guesses. For two years, I felt like the joke was on me. Even on my best days in Senegal, the sudden scream of “toubab,” a taunting word for foreigners, reminded me that my cheerfulness was jinxed, my presence perhaps unwelcome. In West Africa, I … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: November 2011
On coming back
Out of the window of my Royal Air Maroc flight into New York last week, one of the most exotic things I saw below was red-colored leaves. We seemed to be flying over a suburban area of Long Island. Little houses, knitted together with streets and autumnal trees, reminded me of the feeling I get … Continue reading »
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Meanwhile, back in New York…
Notice how gorgeous the trees are amid this obviously tense and messed up situation as police barricade Occupy Wall Street protesters from the park this morning
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Dogon Country, Mali
Erin and Helen on our hike in Dogon Country, Mali. All the transit chaos was worth it. Continue reading »
