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The Moss Family Tales: Thirty-Five
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The Moss Family Tales. Sunday, December 4, 2011. In January, as we sat in the airport with some other adoptive families waiting to board our plane to Amsterdam, a man came up to us (a bit randomly) and began to share his story. He was from Wisconsin and was returning to the States after visiting a project he was helping with in building a school through an organization called Tesfa. Foundation. We had a nice chat, boarded our planes, and went on with life. Jon and I are in the very. This month I turn thi...
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jarvistravels: 04/01/2015 - 05/01/2015
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Memoirs of addis ababa and minneapolis and other points roundabout. Monday, April 27, 2015. Travelogue 615 – April 27. 8217; I bid Jelle the barista. The café staff is overwhelmed by a mid-morning rush, and Jelle is looking grouchy. ‘Happy? 8217; he replies. ‘Are you happy? 8216;It’s too happy,’ Jelle complains about the holiday. He apparently finds it a bit galling. Too sentimental. Or maybe he just resents the intensity of the traffic at the café counter. But it’s often forgotten that, by Madison...
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jarvistravels: 06/01/2015 - 07/01/2015
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Memoirs of addis ababa and minneapolis and other points roundabout. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Travelogue 629 – June 28. It’s common to see yacht club members in the nearby eetcafe. We take a walk before heading home, passing through ‘Het Park’, crossing long grassy lawns that make Batu marvel. People are having picnics, lying in the grass, playing Frisbee. We find a small English garden overlooking a small lake, and we take more pictures. ‘ Des yilal. Saturday, June 27, 2015. Travelogue 628 – June 27. She&#...
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jarvistravels: 07/01/2015 - 08/01/2015
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Memoirs of addis ababa and minneapolis and other points roundabout. Friday, July 31, 2015. Travelogue 637 – July 31. 8216;Over hill, over dale,. Thorough bush, thorough brier, …’. It’s the last day of July. I have to remind myself it’s summer. It feels as though autumn began weeks ago. But no, it’s summer by the calendar. I’m leaving in a few days for Ethiopia. It will be my first trip away from Baby. I’m feeling the heartache of separation already. I wonder whether it’s all the fault of the author...
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jarvistravels: 06/01/2014 - 07/01/2014
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Memoirs of addis ababa and minneapolis and other points roundabout. Monday, June 23, 2014. Travelogue 566 – June 23. It’s sundown. It’s rainy season. The evening reads like a vision before sleep. The damp cold makes you sleepy but also keeps you moving. How does one mark one’s next step in this season? In the final lines, we all become sullen and aggressive. There is a kind of angry hope in line. There might be an end to the yellow night. I have just skimmed an article about a study suggestin...At first,...
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jarvistravels: 01/01/2015 - 02/01/2015
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Memoirs of addis ababa and minneapolis and other points roundabout. Thursday, January 22, 2015. Travelogue 598 – January 22. I’m running in the fog. It masks my path. It masks the river. It designs little mysteries from the stuff of everyday life. Things will emerge in a day or two, wearing the aspect of the normal again. While I savour a real espresso, I’m reviewing days spent in the south, where coffee is a heady and gritty elixir, brewed in clay and delivered into any old cup of plastic or glass...
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jarvistravels: 04/01/2014 - 05/01/2014
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Memoirs of addis ababa and minneapolis and other points roundabout. Saturday, April 26, 2014. Travelogue 557 – April 26. Saturday, April 12, 2014. Travelogue 556 – April 12. Derrida and the Pelikaan. Thursday, April 10, 2014. Travelogue 555 – April 10. Derrida and the Pelikaan. I take to the banks of the Schie, jogging like a man who’s been in bed for six days rather than for six hours, jogging across the bridge and then around to where the Schie joins the Maas. It’s not until my last str...The day start...
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jarvistravels: 01/01/2014 - 02/01/2014
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Memoirs of addis ababa and minneapolis and other points roundabout. Thursday, January 30, 2014. Travelogue 544 – January 30. Kazimir and the Cloak Room. It feels like the big city now. Going to Amsterdam, it's not the quaint and historical that I see. I see the crowds and the dirt. I stand impatiently at the tram stops, eye on my watch. On the train, I'm seeing the long strips of corporate parks, and I'm seeing the factories on the horizon, the smoke stacks across the Ij River. I arrive early at the cons...
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run Helen run: November 2011
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A six-month exploration of the culture of running in East Africa. Tuesday, November 29, 2011. The GREAT Ethiopian Run. The scene at Meskal Sq. Joanna and I after the race. As is typical during my runs in Ethiopia, I receive a lot of encouragement from fellow runners. One man that had been running beside me (it was impossible to stick with anyone for more than a few minutes due to the dodging, jam-packed pattern of the racers) stated enthusiastically, “We run together. Yah? Tuesday, November 29, 2011.
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run Helen run: January 2012
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A six-month exploration of the culture of running in East Africa. Sunday, January 29, 2012. When you travel to Ethiopia, you automatically become seven years and some odd days younger! In Ethiopia, the year is 2004, due to the difference between the Gregorian and Ethiopian calendars. Hence, Ethiopia celebrated Epiphany on January 20. Ethiopians gave little thought to Christmas itself, however, Timket. Though a significant holiday for Ethiopians, Timket. The large carpets that cover the entirety of the li...
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