Benin travel stories

Mayday

No, that’s not a type-o; the first of May in Athieme was almost cause to send out that message. It actually started the day before. May 1st is the Beninese Labor Day, so to correctly celebrate t...

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Strong Winds=Fast Closing Doors=Tailess Lizards

I think pin-tailed whydahs are great squeaky toys, and every cat should have one. With its cute orange-red beak and fluttery long tail feathers, it’d be a lot of fun to play with. Derique doesn�...

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The Grapes (and Corn and Cake) of Wrath

I have been reading “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck. I really like it. I like it so much that I have to write about it, but that means no longer reading it. I waited and satisfied two n...

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Pardon

I’m sorry. My parents told me I have been neglecting my writing. That’s not entirely true, because I have been writing but not publishing. I am writing while sitting in my mosquito net. The mo...

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Excerpts from June

I can understand now why crab is considered a delicacy. Sometimes I wonder why food inspires me to write, but with dinners’ such as tonite’s, I am not too surprised. There was an awful lot of t...

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