by phil | May 10, 2023 | Senegal
On my first trip to Senegal back in 2011, I remember hopping in a taxi from the airport and hearing mbalax on the radio. It is a frenetic musical genre, vocals soaring over manic sabar drumming. A dj would interrupt the song every five seconds or so, playing the role...
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...
