We stand on the side of the road in darkness, the Icelandic wind whirring in my hat and hood. It is dark, and before the guys saw aurora but now it is gone. There are some green hues behind the clouds that rolled in. We wait. Some moments later,…
I like surprises, especially when it's in the inside of a person, and not knowing what the hell is going to happen. I had no clue i would end up in Lithuania, Senegal or Zambia or that I would only be beginning to touch the surface of how the ex…
My mind goes on little trips while I'm commuting. This morning: A parking lot outside the art space in Germany where we'd have punk/alternative nights. I was 18. Yvonne smoking as I kept her company on the side of the building, sitting on a…
BRIN/DJIBONKER, SENEGAL [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brin,+Senegal/@12.5339498,-16.353069,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0xee78e2f260e846f:0x306f2eabc1634bfd] — Only the flames from the fire light the cooking shelter, where Berthe is patting the gauze…
LIVINGSTONE TOWN, ZAMBIA — Outside of Victoria Falls national park in Zambia, Africa, Lion Encounter is a reserve for captive-bred lions and a program to introduce their offspring into the wild to care for the declining wild lion populations. Here,…
Surprise! Upgraded to first class Senegal, Africa, to NYC. I can't even touch the end of my seat. There's a menu I get to choose food from. Pillows. A lay-flat seat! I feel like Oliver. I have no idea why I was one chosen on the full plane t…
I'm in Dakar, Senegal, for my birthday. I'm under anyone's radar and enjoying walking past goats and chickens and burnt out cars and girls doing their hair in the street and trying to buy tampons.... In a country where there is none beca…
I was awake 6 hours in Dakar and we had had a moonwalk dance lesson from Boris, pet goats in the street, got hauled into a family dance fete with 14 people packed into the front room that's the size of the Vertex bathroom and I had a mini dance s…
Doing my favorite thing ... Sitting in the doorway and street.... Watching the world go by. In Senegal.I'm with my adopted family here. I gave zero idea what they're in hysterics about. :-)…
