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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash: November 2011
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash. Otherwise known as my journey from America to Africa and back again. Tuesday, November 29, 2011. TIA Tuesday - Namibian Friends in America. Not having to hitchhike to see each other. Zaxby's and fresh veggies and Starbucks and southern barbecue and haircuts and 5 minute DMV trips. Warm and comfy beds, climate-controlled houses and cars, cuddly non-rabid dogs. Realizing I'd only seen her parents once before.unexpectedly in the middle of the Namib Desert at Sossusvlei. 14 The kid...
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash: Chapati
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash. Otherwise known as my journey from America to Africa and back again. Wednesday, June 6, 2012. A brief haiku ode to chapati, my one true African love:. Chapati, you thief. You've stolen my heart and soul. Yum, doughy goodness. Fresh off the hot coals. My tummy bulging with joy. Get in my belly. Back home we don't know. Cheap joys of daily fried dough. We should, don't you think? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" - Jonathan Safran Foer.
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash: March 2012
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash. Otherwise known as my journey from America to Africa and back again. Saturday, March 10, 2012. Darkness is a Harsh Term, Don't You Think? Roll away your stone, I'll roll away mine. Together we can see what we can find. Don't leave me alone at this time. For I'm afraid of what I will discover inside. Cause you told me that I would find a hole. Within the fragile substance of my soul. And I have filled this void with things unreal. And all the while, my character, it steals.
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash: Ten Rules for Returning from Your Time in Africa
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash. Otherwise known as my journey from America to Africa and back again. Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Ten Rules for Returning from Your Time in Africa. Rule #1: Do not eat three ice cream cones and one deep dish pizza on your first day back in America, no matter how much you profess to adore milk products. You will experience dairy overload and want to die. Rule #2: Do not be a dummy. Do not wash your face with cold water. The hot water is there for a reason. Use it! Can you come to my ...
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash: Glenview in a Day
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash. Otherwise known as my journey from America to Africa and back again. Monday, June 11, 2012. Glenview in a Day. A ten hour layover in Chicago afforded me the opportunity to spend a day in my hometown suburb of Glenview, IL. What does one do when one has to cram all the best things of this town into one day? 1 Have tea time with Nanny and talk about the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. 2 Entice your dogs with some tunes on the keys. 3 Eat a whole bowl of M&M's. 9 Lay on the sandy beach.
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash: Thriving
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Nan Goes From Nam to Nash. Otherwise known as my journey from America to Africa and back again. Sunday, June 10, 2012. I might even grow accustomed to the storm. Of car horns and vendors. Can there be anywhere else in the world that is such an assault on the senses. Those who know the country though just go about their business. But nothing can prepare the uninitiated for this riot. Of noise and color - the heat, the motion, the perpetual teeming crowds. Initially, you're overwhelmed. How Sweet It Is.
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Punk's Prose: October 2013
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My Pourings and Perspectives. Wednesday, October 30, 2013. I recently participated in a webinar for work on the topic of positivity. Research shows that an individual's happiness is tied to three factors: 50% to one's family of origin/genetics/upbringing, 10% to one's collective life experiences, and 40% to one's personal choices. My family is pretty great, and I had a very happy childhood. For the most part, my life experiences have been positive, enriching, and trauma-free. I got a divorce.
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God With Us | wherever you go
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The where and why : 2012 – 2015. Wherever we will go…. December 17, 2014. 8220;It is hard to slow down and breathe and pray in this season. … The season I’m living in doesn’t much feel like the season of Advent. The season I’m living in makes it hard to prepare my heart for Christmas, to say the least, which is rapidly sneaking up on me. There’s not much I need more than a kick in the pants.”. This is a quote from my sister in law’s blog recently. Please read her whole post here:. 8221; I love that. ...
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November life and weather | wherever you go
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The where and why : 2012 – 2015. Wherever we will go…. November life and weather. November 14, 2014. It has finally cooled off around here! It is so lovely. Winter in Saudi is beautiful. Cool mornings, warm days. I can wear jeans and a sweater in the mornings and be comfortable. I can open our windows which I love. You know that feeling in the spring when you can open the windows, it’s warm, and you feel the breeze? Myka just turned five. And the next day she was talking about turning six. Ha! My arms no...
