Twisted Eyes
While driving from Accra to Tamale our vehicle overheated. Sitting in a stationary vehicle in the tropics in the middle of the afternoon has little to recommend it to the sane. So we got out and...
View ArticleWrong kind of kid in school
Demolished school I walk by several times a week, and one day it was demolished! And the rubble was just left piled everywhere. A short section of wall was still standing. On it was the painted primary...
View ArticleCrocodiles of Sabou
When I worked in Burkina Faso, I would often travel between Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso. That would take me past the town of Sabou which had a small lake infested with crocodiles, sacred crocodiles....
View ArticleHackles up
Years ago in southwestern Burkina Faso, I was walking down a path near some houses when a little puppy came out, having heard us passing by. He looked to be only 10-12 weeks old. At that age they are...
View ArticleNon-talking Parrot
Dayle with our parrot Everyone loves talking parrot stories. We never had a talking parrot, but we had something better. He was a Senegal Green to whom we never gave a name. With his specialty in...
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