After flying from Sydney to the Gold Coast for a wonderful week at Aboriginal Camp, I made my way to Adelaide and then to Kangaroo Island on a miniature jumper plane to meet up with my family for my Independent Study Week. Kangaroo Island, a dry summer grassland with marvelous wines and cheeses, has preserved […]
The Storytellers
All of dog-kind was angry. Humans treated them like they were nothing, at best like servants, and at worst like rats. The dogs said, “We are dogs, we have a noble lineage, why do the humans treat us like this.” Finally, one thought of a way to show humans that they deserved to be treated […]
“La represión llegó temprano” or “Out of the frying pan, into the fire”
If anyone had any doubts about who had been detained and threatened with deportation in places “such as Nicaragua,” that would be me. I had also dragged along one Jack Carrick to serve as body guard/travel companion/professional photographer, so we had the pleasure of bonding over our detainment by the Nicaraguan national police in San […]
Ali Baba Correction
On a previous post, I wrote an erroneous post about the origin of the term “Ali Baba,” and why Moroccans call me Ali Baba whenever they see me. It has nothing to do with 1992’s Aladdin, and instead comes from the story “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” From what I can tell based of […]
Pepe Saves the Day
Finding my future home: Well, here comes the inevitable “I got lost” story. I carpooled with two other friends who live near me, and our taxi driver hit a garbage receptacle in the street and swore in Spanish like a sailor the whole time! I don’t think he knew that we understood…but he was not […]