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Wonderous wanderland: September 2011
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Thursday, 8 September 2011. Some people are starting to wonder whether I have disappeared from this planet! It is true I have been very quiet - too quiet admittedly - but in my defence: I have been very busy too :-)! And time REALLY flies (being already at month 7! Here in Burkina, and there’s so much to do still, so I am determined to get stuck in and get the work done! Next update coming soon!
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Wonderous wanderland: "ça fait deux jours!"
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Wednesday, 13 July 2011. Ça fait deux jours! When people haven’t seen each other in a while they greet each other like this, meaning.it has been a while :-). And it has! Time flies here in Burkina and I cannot believe I have been gone now for 5 months - only one more month and I have to make the decision whether I want to extend my one-year mandate or not! Are you really sure? The focus groups we...
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Wonderous wanderland: May 2011
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Monday, 30 May 2011. Tiebele, 21 May 2011. Wanting to go - but having had to cope with the horrifying huge hordes of tourists in Bruges for years, I can honestly say they have no idea what they’re talking about! Apart from a little entrance fee and (interesting) guided tour, it was really quiet and peaceful, and we were the only ‘tourists’ around. The houses have different shapes, depending on wh...
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Wonderous wanderland: Koubri....A picture tale
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Tuesday, 3 May 2011. Koubri.A picture tale. At about 30km to the South of Ouaga:. Hidden within a quiet forest, the friendly yoghourt-making nuns of La monastère des Benedictines de Koubri. Welcome you for a silent (re-)treat: no sound but the birds singing, crickets chirping, insects buzzing, leaves rustling and.well, nuns singing in the (very) early morning mass :). The hotel is set in a nice g...
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Press and video
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The Weather Channel came to the Umbrella Cover Museum in October, 2009. The series is called Cantore Stories and this segment is Maine Characters. They filmed Nancy 3. Hoffman, museum Director and Curator. The show was first aired in March of 2010, and continues to be shown on occasion. UCM on The Weather Channel. This presentation was done for PechaKucha night in Portland, Maine, July, 2011. I was allowed 20 slides for 20 seconds each. Museum in 7 minutes. MEDIA ATTENTION FOR THE UMBRELLA COVER MUSEUM:.
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Wonderous wanderland: June 2011
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Tuesday, 28 June 2011. My house in Ouaga. Inevitably people are curious to know what life is really like here for us volunteers. I get a lot of questions on how I live, eat, travel, work, etc. So I decided this time to write something about my house. So how do we live? We all live seperately in relatively nice,. Or a nightwatch (if we'd want to hire them). Up until 5th of July* . Finally and very...
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Wonderous wanderland: January 2011
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Thursday, 20 January 2011. A fine balance.'. It all started with - what seemed to be - a fairly simple and straightforward 'what-to-do. So there you go. Call or send text to every. Number in contact list of mobile phone to tell the news. Write email to all. Obviously don’t forget facebook/blogs/. Keep talking about it ad nauseam. Find ways to let the rest of the world know too. So far so good.
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Wonderous wanderland: My house in Ouaga
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Tuesday, 28 June 2011. My house in Ouaga. Inevitably people are curious to know what life is really like here for us volunteers. I get a lot of questions on how I live, eat, travel, work, etc. So I decided this time to write something about my house. So how do we live? We all live seperately in relatively nice,. Or a nightwatch (if we'd want to hire them). Up until 5th of July* . Mocht Gitan tege...
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Wonderous wanderland: April 2011
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Tuesday, 26 April 2011. Easter 'à la Bobolais'. In the evening and a day-trip to the c ascades de Karfiguela. And the Dômes de Fabedougou. Near Banfora, a town 1,5 hours away from Bobo. It was great! Traditional masks in Bobo - which are still used in ceremonies and local festivals. In Australia my pet was ‘Joey, the bardi grub’ - here I found ‘Esther, the giant. Since I keep moving house I also ...
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Wonderous wanderland (Ned.): februari 2011
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Wonderous wanderland (Ned.). If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll. From Burkina with love. Donderdag 24 februari 2011. Het leven zoals het is: de markt.in mooré. Maam data mui ne geba la gela ôn pass koom. Yn ye, barka! A ligda ya kobga. Barse Maam ligda pa wuusg ye. Met mij alles goed! Ik wil (graag) rijst en ajuin en eieren en water. Ja, dank u! Hoeveel kost dit allemaal? Dat moet minder. Ik heb niet genoeg geld. Woensdag 23 februari 2011. So, here goes.
