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Month: October 2025

Seven Days

Culture stress Africa-style: and maybe a lesson all of us can learn because no matter where we live, there’s always someone around that has a different culture than us. The squeak of the front gate announced the arrival of Fessehaye. I sighed and pinned another shirt to the clothesline.  Why does he think he can just walk into our yard…

What a Wave!

Twice a year my parents took me and my siblings to spend a week at the beach in a little town called Pangandaran. We packed our van with all the supplies we would need: food, snacks, towels, swimsuits, medicine for the inevitable minor injuries, games, pillows, and a table fan for Mom (the rest of us just had to figure…