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Missed something? Me too.
- safari, so good
- home, harlem shaking and harar
- here’s how
- highlight of the highlands
- welcome to lethiopiah – debub gets down and other cultural craziness
- election dejection (but my guy won)
- meskel and more
- the girls of glow (no, not the wrestlers)
- one down, one to go
- of michael scott, blue tears, shinting, peeing, puking, being thrown backwards on a bus crashing into the blue nile gorge
Tag Archives: injera
ain’t no party like a gojam party
All I wanted to do was get home and watch Dexter. I hadn’t been feeling well since returning to Bahir Dar from my trip to Hawassa. I had spent yesterday afternoon at the PC office trying to get some work … Continue reading
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Tagged Amharic in America, Bahir Dar, bean/maize concoction, berbere, buna, chicken slaughter, coffee, Dashen beer, Dexter, doro, drunken weepiness, Ethiopia, forgetting names, Gojam, injera, Peace Corps, sheep stew, St. Mary's birthday?, tella, volunteer, wat
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“that virgin, vital, beautiful day: today”
It’s 6:30am, 12:30 Habesha time. The pleasant sounds of my neighbor’s screaming baby stream through the window. It’s time to get up now. Get ready. I shimmy out from under my bednet and start my morning routine. It starts in … Continue reading
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Tagged Amos Lee, Bahir Dar, Bahir Dar University, batabasos, bednet, birr, bucket bath, care packages, community needs assessment, crossword puzzles, Ethiopia, food, hand sanitizer, injera, Modern Family, Peace Corps, Pizza, potholes, rain jacket, The Nation, volunteer
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welcome to lethiopiah – dancing elisabet
You asked for it. Well, some of you did. Here’s another installment of Welcome to LethiopiaH. Here’s some footage of my adorable host sister dancing. It’s totally worth one minute and 39 seconds of your time. I promise. I haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, Ethiopia, home stay, Huruta, injera, Peace Corps, volunteer, zumba
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migib on the mind
This is a post about food. Before anyone gets excited, a caveat: I’m no foodie nor do I have what one would call a sophisticated or discerning palate. Please don’t expect a thoughtful critique of Ethiopian cuisine and its history … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, Entertainment Weekly, Ethiopia, food, injera, Peace Corps, The Office, wat
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