by phil | May 7, 2023 | Senegal, Stories
Did I say I was going to post every day? Sorry. Already breaking promises. But two posts in one year and now two posts in three days? I’ll take it. And it’s the weekend. There are children. On Friday night, Liza was grippé and slept terribly. By the time I got back...
by phil | May 5, 2023 | Stories
Uprooting your life after over a decade of calling a place home is worth talking about, but it is not really the point of this post. For one, I am tired of talking about it. For two, the permanence of this move is unclear. Someone called it a test run and that is what...
by phil | Dec 14, 2022 | Stories
Leaving Mali has always been an intangible possibility. It was something we would do eventually. Not now. One day. And it was something we planned on doing – eventually – for practical reasons. Namely, to get Bintou US citizenship and to spend more time with family. ...
by phil | Jul 20, 2022 | Stories, W. Africa
Hey there. Time for me to peak my head out and offer some proof of life. Given global events. And domestic events. I am in the states with the family for a visit as I write this. I titled this post in such a way because despite what happens next we have had a lot to...
by phil | Oct 25, 2021 | Stories
pulling into Assomada on the island of Santiago About 5 months ago we took a group of clients to Cape Verde on a Scoot West Africa trip. It was less of a scoot trip and more of a drinking hiking and drinking trip. That’s right, we are a very versatile travel...
by phil | Apr 15, 2021 | Stories
Hey there. It’s been nine months since I last posted here. It feels like years have gone by, though. Given recent events, pandemic, newborn, toddler-now-preschooler, collapsed lung, I am just happy I remembered to renew the domain name. When I last wrote, we...
