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Date: 13th September 2009
On to the next adventure
Well, it's September 13th here in Illinois. I'm not sure how far it is from Swaziland to Egypt, but I'm guessing you're in transit right now. Hope that when you get there, you find Egypt to your liking. I know very little about it; pyramids and deserts and people wearing white is what comes to mind. You'll have to fill me in on the the details! Love, Hope
From Blog: Quick Update
On to the next adventure
Well, it's September 13th here in Illinois. I'm not sure how far it is from Swaziland to Egypt, but I'm guessing you're in transit right now. Hope that when you get there, you find Egypt to your liking. I know very little about it; pyramids and deserts and people wearing white is what comes to mind. You'll have to fill me in on the the details! Love, Hope
From Blog: Quick Update
Date: 12th September 2009
Great read...
Great read Kate. I enjoyed your tale and observations. Glad you enjoyed Swaziland !
From Blog: Cheeky Monkeys
Great read...
Great read Kate. I enjoyed your tale and observations. Glad you enjoyed Swaziland !
From Blog: Cheeky Monkeys
Date: 15th August 2009
Da
Just got the email from your mom. So sorry and wish I could be there to rock you in a rocking chair (no that probably wouldn't work) or give you a drink of water from the glub glub water jug. Things were much simpler when you were a toddler. I'm thinking of you and praying for you and your dad. He has always been and still is a man I greatly admire and respect. Love you, Aunt Brionn
From Blog: I'm just going to pretend I know what you're saying.
Da
Just got the email from your mom. So sorry and wish I could be there to rock you in a rocking chair (no that probably wouldn't work) or give you a drink of water from the glub glub water jug. Things were much simpler when you were a toddler. I'm thinking of you and praying for you and your dad. He has always been and still is a man I greatly admire and respect. Love you, Aunt Brionn
From Blog: I'm just going to pretend I know what you're saying.
Date: 13th August 2009
lizards
I get the "wow" feeling every time I go back to Jordan, although now it tends to be "Wow, I'm BACK in Jordan." My first dig season I saw and wrote about 3 different kinds of lizards. Two were very colorful but since that first time haven't seen anything except the usual you-can't-see-me-in-the-sand tan and brown. It's great to be able to keep up with you via blog. None of those 2-month delays while the ship carries the letters across a couple of oceans.
From Blog: Lizards
lizards
I get the "wow" feeling every time I go back to Jordan, although now it tends to be "Wow, I'm BACK in Jordan." My first dig season I saw and wrote about 3 different kinds of lizards. Two were very colorful but since that first time haven't seen anything except the usual you-can't-see-me-in-the-sand tan and brown. It's great to be able to keep up with you via blog. None of those 2-month delays while the ship carries the letters across a couple of oceans.
From Blog: Lizards
Date: 11th August 2009
I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO CATCH A BUG DISEASE!!!
From Blog: Jeepers, creepers...
I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO CATCH A BUG DISEASE!!!
From Blog: Jeepers, creepers...
Date: 8th August 2009
shaking off comers on
I've heard, though not tried it, that wearing a wedding ringlooking ring you can point to helps.
From Blog: Bushfire concert
shaking off comers on
I've heard, though not tried it, that wearing a wedding ringlooking ring you can point to helps.
From Blog: Bushfire concert
Date: 8th August 2009
Sounds great!Am sending your blogaddress to Kim. I think Graham Greenedidn't take the full range ofyellow(or other colors too) voices into account. " 'yellow voices sing, black voices gargle, and white voices just speak...and give an impression of numbers" Korean can sound like sneezing.... And Spanishof Andalucia sounds like a fountain, an ongoing burble and splash. I think Americans sound like barking, the more emphatic the speaker the barkier:RuffruffrrrRUFF ruffRUFRUFFrruffruff. rufffRUFFruff! What's Siswati sound like?Notjust gargling, surely? Incidentally: Westerners always thought"perfect pitch"was an inborn fluky talent of genius musicians -- til it was discovered that most Chinese kids have it(because they have to learn so many tones to speak).But I wouldn't describe Chinese as musical. I'd have to think about that... hmmm... my space bar is sticky...
From Blog: I'd rather ride with the Kennedys than go hunting with Cheney...
Sounds great!Am sending your blogaddress to Kim. I think Graham Greenedidn't take the full range ofyellow(or other colors too) voices into account. " 'yellow voices sing, black voices gargle, and white voices just speak...and give an impression of numbers" Korean can sound like sneezing.... And Spanishof Andalucia sounds like a fountain, an ongoing burble and splash. I think Americans sound like barking, the more emphatic the speaker the barkier:RuffruffrrrRUFF ruffRUFRUFFrruffruff. rufffRUFFruff! What's Siswati sound like?Notjust gargling, surely? Incidentally: Westerners always thought"perfect pitch"was an inborn fluky talent of genius musicians -- til it was discovered that most Chinese kids have it(because they have to learn so many tones to speak).But I wouldn't describe Chinese as musical. I'd have to think about that... hmmm... my space bar is sticky...
From Blog: I'd rather ride with the Kennedys than go hunting with Cheney...
Date: 3rd August 2009
I know it's probably not just a Swaziland thing, but it does reflect a sort of predominant attitude that I can't help but find offensive. I think that since I don't let people who know me address me by "babe," I don't like it when people who don't know me use an equivalent. As to the horrible death thing: don't think he actually understood it. :P
From Blog: Bushfire concert
I know it's probably not just a Swaziland thing, but it does reflect a sort of predominant attitude that I can't help but find offensive. I think that since I don't let people who know me address me by "babe," I don't like it when people who don't know me use an equivalent. As to the horrible death thing: don't think he actually understood it. :P
From Blog: Bushfire concert
Date: 3rd August 2009
hey mama
Is it only the men who say "hey mama?" Do men of all ages say it? We have a client at work who addresses women that way, staff included, and he is not from Swaziland. It may not be so much about the culture as it is about how some men world wide talk to an attractive woman. I am glad to hear he was harmless. I have to give him points for following you after the horrible death comment. Obviously he was not faint of heart.
From Blog: Bushfire concert
hey mama
Is it only the men who say "hey mama?" Do men of all ages say it? We have a client at work who addresses women that way, staff included, and he is not from Swaziland. It may not be so much about the culture as it is about how some men world wide talk to an attractive woman. I am glad to hear he was harmless. I have to give him points for following you after the horrible death comment. Obviously he was not faint of heart.
From Blog: Bushfire concert
Date: 30th July 2009
1: correct! 2: koo-bee-lay 3: close enough :) 4: coo-nay 5: coo-say-hlaa-nu Haha-- of course, I could be completely wrong here too. xD
From Blog: Three kinds of people in this world...
1: correct! 2: koo-bee-lay 3: close enough :) 4: coo-nay 5: coo-say-hlaa-nu Haha-- of course, I could be completely wrong here too. xD
From Blog: Three kinds of people in this world...
Date: 30th July 2009
I was a little iffy on the dye-- I think I will just get it cut. I just have to overcome the "blonde American" stereotype!
From Blog: Shhh, they're watching.
I was a little iffy on the dye-- I think I will just get it cut. I just have to overcome the "blonde American" stereotype!
From Blog: Shhh, they're watching.
Date: 30th July 2009
Catching up
You're there! Made it through Johannesburg (sp) and to Swaziland with no true crises? I'm very glad to read that. Looking forward to your next post, and getting an address so I can start sending packages! On the hair -- my humble opinion? Get it cut just above the shoulders, but skip the dye (the chemicals can make fragile hair even weaker). Besides, your hair is a beautiful color as is. I'm sure it's just the stress of travel, and of the unknown future that is causing the thinning. You're young and your body will acclimate, and your hair will be Just Fine! Love, Hope
From Blog: Shhh, they're watching.
Catching up
You're there! Made it through Johannesburg (sp) and to Swaziland with no true crises? I'm very glad to read that. Looking forward to your next post, and getting an address so I can start sending packages! On the hair -- my humble opinion? Get it cut just above the shoulders, but skip the dye (the chemicals can make fragile hair even weaker). Besides, your hair is a beautiful color as is. I'm sure it's just the stress of travel, and of the unknown future that is causing the thinning. You're young and your body will acclimate, and your hair will be Just Fine! Love, Hope
From Blog: Shhh, they're watching.
Date: 29th July 2009
ready for the quiz
awww my katherine. its good to see u are finding yourself in africa, in some way i knew you would. im still impressed with you as i always will be. perhaps you are that archetype of Wild Woman for me or Heroine. Good luck and continue to stay safe...keep posting, i check all the time. much love... im guessing on the pronunciation here - check my phonetics lol 1: coon-yay 2: koo-billy 3: koo-t-saa-foo 4: coo-knee 5: k-ush-he-la-new close? lol mwaz
From Blog: Three kinds of people in this world...
ready for the quiz
awww my katherine. its good to see u are finding yourself in africa, in some way i knew you would. im still impressed with you as i always will be. perhaps you are that archetype of Wild Woman for me or Heroine. Good luck and continue to stay safe...keep posting, i check all the time. much love... im guessing on the pronunciation here - check my phonetics lol 1: coon-yay 2: koo-billy 3: koo-t-saa-foo 4: coo-knee 5: k-ush-he-la-new close? lol mwaz
From Blog: Three kinds of people in this world...
Date: 26th July 2009
Samoan lizards
We had a really ugly puffy whitish lizard that lived under the tapa hanging in the livingroom. We left him alone and he left us alone. It worked pretty well.
From Blog: Lizards
Samoan lizards
We had a really ugly puffy whitish lizard that lived under the tapa hanging in the livingroom. We left him alone and he left us alone. It worked pretty well.
From Blog: Lizards
Hope
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glad to hear from you
Sounds like you're getting a good taste of the world, even if it's only a few bites. Glad you've updated your blog. Facebook doesn't have the details I'm hungry for! References to camels, cryptic messages about dark blue, etc. just aren't enough! I'd like to hear more about your adventures from Swaziland to Egypt to Israel. Even if you think they're not newsworthy, I have a feeling they'll be an interesting read. But you probably have 100 people writing the same thing, so BLOG it, girl! Love, Hope
From Blog: Welcome to Egypt