by phil | May 9, 2023 | Stories
Before I get back to birds there is something that I want to mention that is probably not worth your time but this is my blog and as long as I continue to be demoralized about more important topics I will most likely be writing about stuff like this. Despite 17 years...
by phil | May 8, 2023 | Birds
Photo from wikicommons. Many months ago I started noticing an early morning birdsong. I first heard it when I woke up. Then I heard it everywhere. I couldn’t for the life of me spot the bird. Not having a visual made it difficult to identify the culprit. But...
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. ...
