Tag Archives: safety pins
Precious
It’s one of those Zambian names, along with Gift, that always makes me feel good about my fellow humans. Naming a baby girl Precious is just such a joyful thing to do. Lately I’ve been wondering about the things we … Continue reading
Posted in Ghana, Thinking, or ranting, or both, Zambia
Tagged Coca Cola, copper, gold, grass, humming birds, malachite, safety pins, silver, trade beads, turquoise, value
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Baby, you’re out of time*
One minute I’m thinking, gosh, what a good and faithful reconstruction of the fashions and language and décor of 1963. The next, there’s a slip in the fabric of time. A man speaks. A twenty-first century expression in a 1960s … Continue reading
MEMOIRS OF A HUSK 