thies, senegal

shout outs – part deux

October 17, 2009 thies, senegal

To my Dad, who completely surprised me with a great package containing—among other things—crystal light infused with vitamins (which I didn’t know even existed), m&ms; and chicken bouillon cubes for making chicken noodle soup next time I get giardia. Simply amazing. Also, to Brenda and Greg from Stevenson’s hardware store. They donated seeds for my [...]

pulaar. no satti.

October 3, 2009 thies, senegal

Pulaar. It is difficult. For the the past two months the majority of my time has been consumed learning Pulafuuta. Considering my mastery of this language is going to be playing a major role in my life for the next couple of years, I thought I would write some information and observations about the language. [...]

shout outs

September 18, 2009 thies, senegal

Well I have been in Senegal for over a month now. I have to say, my time here has been amazing, better than I could have ever expected. But I need to give a shout out to a couple of people who have made my life here even better… Kimberlee, thanks for spending far more [...]

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