Last week during our Interim Service Training in Bobo we ate real ice cream. That alone is pretty special given the paucity of frozen foods here in Burkina Faso, but what made the experience even more special was that I could see cows grazing in the backyard of the ice cream store. Now that's fresh!
Our Trip in Photo’s!
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[image: 009]Chantal and I gearing up for Victoria Falls. [image: 004]
Victoria Falls
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[image: Feb. 4, 2012 (55)]Crossing the Border [image: F...
July 24th cometh and goeth.
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As of this posting, Sonia is eight days beyond her due date. Through the
last 41 weeks, we have managed to keep the suspense alive, not finding out
if B...
Third Year Update
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Hello again. As you may know, I had decided to say adieu to this blog at
the end of last year. My two contracted years of service with Peace Corps
had fini...
FDI is a global force, but is it a force for good?
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Over the past decade foreign direct investment (FDI) has become a major
force in developing and transition economies. In 2010 the volume of FDI to
developi...
Portrait of Ilana as an Artist
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In order to conduct sustainable and interesting health education, I
embarked upon the endeavor of painting 5 large murals on the side of the
village health...
A Picture Says 1,000 Words. So Let's Paint!
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My loyal readers may remember I lived in a small village by the name of
Fandjora and painted 3 wordless images depicting healthy practices for
mothers and ...
Soap Making Workshop
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In August I had the privilege to put on a one day workshop on liquid soap
making and small business management with a womens group in Fada. Liquid
soap is ...
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Hello lovely people,
This past month has been INSANITY mostly due to that dreaded Closing of
Service Conference. What the conference basically entails of i...
Thanksgiving
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I'm late, I'm sorry. A quiet night after Thanksgiving is as good as any to
make short amends. I'm happy to be back, but it is strange. I don't
remember man...
the old
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in this culture, they really respect the elderly i think more even than in
the United States. Each family has la vielle and le vieux which I believe
transl...
One tree at a time
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I tried posting pictures but the internet here wouldnt allow that sorry!
anyways; I finally kinda did some work. Ga Mo Wigna, my host association
had a def...
3 years ago
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List of Books I Read in Burkina Faso, in reverse chronological order
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male by Tim Wise
Shopgirl: A Novella by Steve Martin
A Staggering Work of Heartbreaking Genius by Dave Eggers
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
Say When by Elizabeth Berg
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
What is the What by Dave Eggers & Achak Valentino Deng
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (had to see what all the fuss was about.... 6 years ago)
Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and some other guy
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Naked by David Sedaris
'Tis by Frank McCourt
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Amsterdam: A Novel by Ian McEwan
Rules of the Wild by Francesca Marciano
The Graveyard by Neil Caiman
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
L'Enfant Noir by Camara Laye
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Did you have Vienetta???
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