tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27196109144716930462024-03-05T17:40:45.589-08:00Lariam DreamsA chronicle of the Speddings' adventures living & working in Dakar, Senegal. tod@isd.snUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger468125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-24849815904859039552011-07-13T14:49:00.000-07:002011-07-13T14:50:18.159-07:00Move To A New Blog: "Letters From Home"See <a href="http://todspedding.blogspot.com/">LettersFromHome</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-33801175271534994982011-07-11T01:19:00.000-07:002011-07-11T16:00:11.335-07:00Heathrow Terminal 1 7.11<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeEMVk1GUoONLsWPa5oKChYSH5e15figmXoKoOP59l5pJCn4NFNJr2Ygjdhq02qRnsYDJVZmZZf8bNUXLv0GXlxOsMxx7RnU6mkgQ_H-A5rUwzH90abAC5bS5aBR_RpYLE1AsgMkJUlg/s1600/294537862_1a5f6b1cec.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeEMVk1GUoONLsWPa5oKChYSH5e15figmXoKoOP59l5pJCn4NFNJr2Ygjdhq02qRnsYDJVZmZZf8bNUXLv0GXlxOsMxx7RnU6mkgQ_H-A5rUwzH90abAC5bS5aBR_RpYLE1AsgMkJUlg/s200/294537862_1a5f6b1cec.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628006830503380658" /></a><div><br /></div><div>This blog, begun three years ago, on the eve of our move to Dakar, Senegal, ends today, and shifts to a new blog and a new form, <a href="http://todspedding.blogspot.com/">LettersFromHome</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the time of this writing, I await a delayed flight home to Monterey from a foggy San Francisco International Airport, after departing London Heathrow this morning.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-9192070054674626592011-07-07T11:21:00.000-07:002011-07-12T03:39:08.704-07:00Exploring the History of the Rhone Valley 7.7<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRmxHTn71JeXoT4FI1GZXDCk9IPN_668LYmLqXzJXngvo0VQytsb1FuouwkwH7YwRb-tZ8u_ekwnVLDE_NMG761uoSyfiijrvYBpqAqCYvw5yprqReLSIB0BE_sf0y6vSsXqPcbuI7eE/s1600/map_general.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2MTHZ36gnENkMg5nS11AhpJwhyphenhyphenYDfVR5Aa3DV2aOGotcFqZnZeUXbQFSCssIbWQvqKPCk1_JOEvpk5BNg1tSnxR1GKXEJPmPkZiVRwEdsWepfZvbZfPF-Vd2NrQWez8VaVYv-UO-2Uo/s200/P7078727.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626679329532074690" /></a>21<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxcH0CEf1MP2dXGzjBodjbB2Lx4VoaRF3Liy37SzkVspLtQ-OI_vIy32kAwO7ewktUcN47lX8lWM2FJ67xyOw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Photos (top to bottom): photos 1&2: the Valais; photo3-7: just outside Montreux on Lake Geneva at a strategic point where the road constricts; photos 8-12: evidence of WWII defenses in the Valais (note the 5th c abby in photo 11); photos 13-21: in and around the <i>Gorges of Triege </i>(note the camouflaged artillery emplacements in photos 14&15, first constructed in WWI).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Rupert Marks, the IB Coordinator at Open Gate School, explained that while a summer activities coordinator in Leysin, he had entered a civil defense tunnel from the Grand Hotel, which led into the mountainside and connected to other tunnels from other hotels. </div><div><br /></div><div>Having explored the basement and even the sub-basement of the renovating LAS (Leysin American School) in the past two summers, how could we have missed this? Tunnels into the mountainside?</div><div><br /></div><div>Neither LAS administrator Christoph Ott, nor local historian Veronique Bernard, knew anything of these tunnels and saw the story as just another urban myth. However, bunkers and bomb shelters are common throughout Switzerland, vestiges of two world wars and one cold war, particularly in areas of strategic importance.</div><div><br /></div><div>I spent an afternoon with Veronique visiting a half dozen sites in the Valais (the upper Rhone Valley, from its headwaters to Lake Geneva) where WWI and WWII bunkers are easily observed, camouflaged in the otherwise breathtaking scenery. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Valais is rich in history, with Roman ruins, and medieval churches, monasteries and abbeys. Note the following:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; clear: left; line-height: 1.6; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">As in neighbouring Vaud, Julius Caesar was an early 'tourist' in these parts. Historians fail to record whether he packed his skis, but we do know the Roman leader brought an army to conquer the Celtic community living in the valley, penetrating as far as Sierre. Once under Roman domination, it appears the four Celtic tribes of the Valais were peaceably integrated into the Roman system. Artefacts and archaeological remains still attest to the passage of the rambling general and his boys from </span><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359975" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Rome</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; clear: left; line-height: 1.6; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Sion became a key centre in the valley when the Bishop of Valais blessed the town with his presence, making his home there from AD 580. By 1000, the bishop's power stretched from Martigny to the Furka Pass.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; clear: left; line-height: 1.6; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">That power did not go uncontested. A succession of Dukes of Savoy managed to encroach on the bishops' territory and a Savoyard army besieged Sion in 1475. With the help of the Swiss Confederation, the city was freed at the battle of Planta. Internal opposition was just as weighty and the independently minded communes that made up the Valais region stripped the bishops of their secular power in the 1630s, shifting the levers of control into the hands of the Diet, a regional parliament.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; clear: left; line-height: 1.6; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">The Valais was not invaded again until Napoleon Bonaparte called by in 1798. The little man with big plans was determined to dominate the routes into </span><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=359845" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Italy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">. Valais joined the Swiss Confederation in 1815.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; clear: left; line-height: 1.6; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">from </span><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/switzerland/valais/history"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Lonely Planet</span></a></p></span></div><div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Valais<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Cultural jewel of the Portes-du-Soleil - Chablais Region, Saint-Maurice is situated between the Lake Geneva's shores and the alpine peaks. Bathed by the Rhône River, this little charming city beholds a cultural heritage and a religious prestige.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Following the martyrdom of Saint-Maurice at the end of the IIIrd century, the antique village of Acaunus becomes an important place for pilgrimage on the via Francigena connecting Canterbury to Rome. The Abbey has been overlooking the city for about fifteen centuries. Protected site of national importance, Saint-Maurice is today a place for excursions and enriching stays. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">The Abbey of Saint-Maurice </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">was founded in 515 by Sigismond, king of the Burgondes. Its precious goldsmith collection shows how rich its past is. Commemorated every 22nd day of September, the martyrdom of Saint-Maurice is at the origin of this Christian importance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">The castle </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">with its rich past, is also a place for exhibitions. It is surrounded by forts and overlooks the medieval bridge. Alongside the Rhône River, numerous hiking itineraries and theme paths invite you to discover the region. Throughout thousands of years, water has dug into the rock to later give birth to the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Fairies' Cave</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">. Its little underground lake and its waterfall have enchanted visitors since 1863. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">The Cindey Forts </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">and the </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">Scex Forts</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;"> galleries unveil the hidden military works which were also once classified as "top secret".</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">from </span><a href="http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/destinations/holiday-destinations-in-switzerland/st-maurice.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF33;">My Switzerland</span></a></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-41147973862866520362011-07-05T07:48:00.000-07:002011-07-12T03:48:49.089-07:00Endicott @ Leysin2 7.5-8<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidB9LTmt8ltu9bVk5_ud-rVrPL-dBaWZx7MkxXp0QxHQhcsUYxKaoNzKzxTPdata1Lbjl-GS0SEGxleut-PVj8sc5i8X8Mjoe_8mQuOO18f3EBaYEczY-NQoOHJv2uwt_44KYghvayFGs/s1600/P7068665.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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photos 2&3: discussions outside the Grand Hotel; photos 4&5: LAS (Leysin American School), located at the former Grand Hotel; photos 6&7: interior of the church adjacent to the Grand Hotel; photo8: metal door in the hillside opens to a room once used for the storage of coal; photos 9-22: on Tuesday, the three of us took the cable car up and spent the day discussing internationalism in the rarified air.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>A week in Leysin with a cohort of two: Carrie, an American middle school science teacher working in Dakar, and Katharine, a Canadian teaching Kindergarten in Shanghai.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-36471513131204808022011-07-03T01:42:00.000-07:002011-07-12T03:50:26.330-07:00Endicott @ Leysin1 7.3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIedcSXLhyphenhyphenQCV-u8cz6miQAkLEnJU-NE8MfGstagDBlYs5ZIAUjL57ZtiBcnugUH5WMOiHuW0Ib1i0IOsBQr6euxV4Eo-nnJgDG8qXuI-EDp-NsNx4NSz23D5OUm8F304b7BNbx7uUd_w/s1600/P7028586.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-USfont-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Photos (top to bottom):</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo1:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a strange hissing sound outside the dorm reveals a passing hot air balloon;</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo2:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nicole (American/Brazil, husband Czech, living/working in her local Swiss schools), Jenna (American, teaching in Italy, returning to the States), & Lani (from California, teaching in Japan);</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo3:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Joy (from Kenya, teaching in Burkina Faso), Jenna, and Derrick (from Ireland, teaching in Qatar);</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo4:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Abhi (from India, an administrator in Mumbai), with a school pet iguana passing in the background;</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo5:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chris (from London, teaching at Open Gate, Prague), Lani, Beata (from Czech Republic, teaching at ISPrague), Jenna, and Derrick;</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo6:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sarah (America, moving from Italy to Atlanta IS), Beata, Chris, Derrick, and Abhi;</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photos 7&8: the Open Gate School pool, where the Endicott Prague Cohort Swim Team (Abhi, Sarah, Derrick, me) met everyday after class to workout;</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo9:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">an abrupt change in the weather;</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">photo 10-15:</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open Gate School.</span></span><!--EndFragment--></div><div><span style="font-family:Cambria; 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photos 8, 9, 11: the Tate Modern; photo14: on tour at the studios of BBC Television; photo15: London Zoo; photos 16-18: Trafalgar Square; photos 19-20: at the Imperial War Museum.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-70818032491243437622011-06-19T02:21:00.002-07:002011-06-23T00:29:04.244-07:00The Final Day 6.19<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkv3Y7dZYYtX7Sp_oX14K8qH0zTN4D433RkMJ5vxh9gIe9lIxLjGrUGUEIq5Ol01egqB25tfWscJfdnuPCIm5VnMWWiSBskk_bta2I0Y2buTtUcbeAVjE4bxhjuGdljpX4Se2S6Fb9QM/s1600/P6198423.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkv3Y7dZYYtX7Sp_oX14K8qH0zTN4D433RkMJ5vxh9gIe9lIxLjGrUGUEIq5Ol01egqB25tfWscJfdnuPCIm5VnMWWiSBskk_bta2I0Y2buTtUcbeAVjE4bxhjuGdljpX4Se2S6Fb9QM/s200/P6198423.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621313664239095682" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">What is most remarkable about this, my final morning in Senegal, is how quickly the emotions of the past several days have receded, and settled into memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Of course, as soon as reread those words, emotions upwell.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">On the last day of school, as teachers were cleaning up and checking out, a colleague asked how I was doing, if I were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">excited</i> about leaving.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I realized only later what I was unable to express in that moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I was experiencing a dozen emotions, not one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A cartoon character might feel one emotion, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">excitement</i>, but what I have been feeling are multiple emotions -- sadness, loss, regret, uncertainty, anticipation, and, yes, excitement.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I have been mindful, in these final days, to walk softly, and exit quietly, without drama or fanfare;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>to depart feeling rather than moving, alcohol-free. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Senegalese notion of <i>teranga</i> is real (though the culture, generally speaking, is no less contradictory than my own).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Teranga is an inner state and connotes an authenticity and deepness of regard that is foreign to me as an American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is the most important and valuable souvenir that I might take away from three years in West Africa.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I will desperately miss spending my days in the company of so-called third culture kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m very sad about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The felt sense of loss is on the order of a death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In an interesting reversal, I feel like I’m loosing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">my</i> teachers, and individuals whom I so admire, for their basic goodness, and ethical sense, and broad, international perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There’s something of great personal value and significance beneath these images and emotions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I do think it lies in their basic goodness and selflessness, whether real or perceived.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It certainly has been a rich three years -- not all positive, but rich in learning and experience nevertheless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’ve experienced Senegal Deluxe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’ve learned the importance of having a light or lighter touch, of touching and releasing, and then returning to what doesn’t change, whether attention to posture, or breath, or related.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And so it is now time to move on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-65224877384568776712011-06-18T14:51:00.001-07:002011-06-19T02:37:04.173-07:00Making the Rounds: HLM, Soumbidioune, N'Gor 6.18<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQviqozUuVbs4EM21OeO0P1upG00HTbHvuZxhJVYsuaJn95dk2UPVGRZyWyEfA-pw8UO8l3A_x0gpSuLSXAbghXxlQxBcXJFMwP_hMkwEIViC45IZDzFudtmhyGXKMSQM3OZOOO4rdrk/s1600/P6188398.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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It's a grand project, fantastic, a wonderful point of pride. It is amazing that such a flurry of activity has been taking place over months just outside my classroom windows, while we have remained absorbed in our routine, oblivious.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-57922253390072383492011-06-16T22:35:00.000-07:002011-06-18T01:01:09.268-07:008th Grade Graduation 6.14<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwojCIut2Br8KkdonAjpX0pNyvtm9UIv9pkZGkFoXnpXdycIewgCS-OuW6SA4mQwkW8CAZMiJ3mWOiYkyrXuFOlpTC52oP8iwhYt6e0iim8DqK3621-xp-A5P3Wstf5q73_eYG796LjA/s1600/DSC01564_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwojCIut2Br8KkdonAjpX0pNyvtm9UIv9pkZGkFoXnpXdycIewgCS-OuW6SA4mQwkW8CAZMiJ3mWOiYkyrXuFOlpTC52oP8iwhYt6e0iim8DqK3621-xp-A5P3Wstf5q73_eYG796LjA/s320/DSC01564_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619058905434321346" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwojCIut2Br8KkdonAjpX0pNyvtm9UIv9pkZGkFoXnpXdycIewgCS-OuW6SA4mQwkW8CAZMiJ3mWOiYkyrXuFOlpTC52oP8iwhYt6e0iim8DqK3621-xp-A5P3Wstf5q73_eYG796LjA/s1600/DSC01564_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><div>Left to right: DonaMaria (USA), Rhynardt (S. Africa), Adam (USA), Cristina (Spain), Chiaki (Japan), Damir (Belgium), Filipa (Portugal), Yoel (Israel), Ben (USA), Audrey (Congo), Charbel (Canada), Mariama (Sierra Leone), Anthea (Australia), Selma (USA)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div>With the graduation of the 8th grade class, only 5 students remain of the 25 I worked with in 6th grade two years ago -- a dramatic change, but in keeping with international schools which typically see about a 30% turnover each year. It's tough on the kids, who must cope each year with loss and grief. It's real, and really emotional.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is key, then, that we foster a strong sense of community, rich, resilient memories, and give proper attention to noticing and appreciating moments. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-59573165228148697982011-06-16T22:27:00.000-07:002011-06-18T00:50:52.586-07:00Last Day - 1 = Sports' Day 6.15<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkyjdn0ETeWY9Wu38pEXonorFZnJKDk7tZ4-nnRcN0xjy2dP4f12Eaykxo1mypZO1W4Aj7rZpykMTTuA7ImKPjvOv-T0hkGTij8y3TQzv5ya6riaD-Q7NZCy8l7eW-N7nLhcrlT3Q9I0/s1600/P6158257.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkyjdn0ETeWY9Wu38pEXonorFZnJKDk7tZ4-nnRcN0xjy2dP4f12Eaykxo1mypZO1W4Aj7rZpykMTTuA7ImKPjvOv-T0hkGTij8y3TQzv5ya6riaD-Q7NZCy8l7eW-N7nLhcrlT3Q9I0/s200/P6158257.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619057561293243266" /></a>1<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHt8b_0Bvg_RobHOl9UraeYSR80h7ysjGHTjUfL2rdNMfzNZWxYEeZblbTaEJ03jLkGvAHywSF6cbEX4WT_SI-6zcshKNFQr3Asd8v6tB_zoMMb2B7_3IuluZccONqSoM00jd1D1Y2EY/s1600/P6158274.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaWjRUvasE0mGrYOp9f4YK1Rz5gMz6UahKmtsPcxfa7aCwTHFHLzvzEiN1XZBH7d9yr5bj197T7DEDC1d-7Y2a_bFMZMSi31Py6tH6dAcqYDIypWnxwXx_FMyt5FJbFyAdmdxD8VaIZI/s200/P6158357.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619057114704792066" /></a>12<br /><br /><div>Photos (top to bottom): photos 1-4: Sports' Day opens with teams meeting by color and a jazzercise warmup; photos 5-6: lunch with the class, and a goodbye cake for the teacher; photos 7-8: students gather for drama performances (Rhynardt, photo 8); photos 9-12: during the Sports' Awards.</div><div><br /><div><br /><div>A full day of activities on the eve of our final day: Sports' Day for grades 6-12; HS drama performances, and the Sports' Awards Assembly.</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-64977655576624258712011-06-13T08:02:00.000-07:002011-06-18T00:41:21.019-07:00Farewell to Oumar N'Galla Gueye 6.13<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBfDDSpODWxQDiE_rGfMmIML9xxgLhYecbwtirn2vnoQR_cdaVCe-M5aoCD5c8M-Dp2IH-Jhp2Wap0-Gjqvgbno992JX49WdcOOpuEGqiuZtCBhhHJYu8cBtMogXBrW4GkoJD7uzotPA/s1600/P6138251.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBfDDSpODWxQDiE_rGfMmIML9xxgLhYecbwtirn2vnoQR_cdaVCe-M5aoCD5c8M-Dp2IH-Jhp2Wap0-Gjqvgbno992JX49WdcOOpuEGqiuZtCBhhHJYu8cBtMogXBrW4GkoJD7uzotPA/s320/P6138251.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617720888347169234" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Gaucher and I visited with Oumar and his family last weekend, both to say goodbye and to chat little further about the n'doep ceremony and the provenance of the drum I've acquired with Oumar's help. The notes of that conversation follow.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From a western perspective, psychiatric disorders are categorized by type or syndrome, and catalogued in a manual called the <a href="http://allpsych.com/disorders/dsm.html">DSM-IV</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But the Lebou traditionally have no such manual. All forms of so-perceived aberrant behavior are attributed to jinn or spirits. As a teaching colleague who grew up in Ziguinchor and Yoff reminded me yesterday, there is a very different worldview at work here, easily overlooked by the bias of my rational, scientific-centered, western mind. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am very pleased to have contact with two authorities on the n'doep ceremony now, at a time, ironically, when I'm about to leave Senegal. It is equally ironic that while these two sources have very different frames of reference, they are both Lebou, friends, and neighbors in Yoff.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dr. Omar NDoye is a psychiatrist at Fann Hospital and author of a book which I've just acquired, <i>The N'Doep: Trance Therapuetic Healing Amongst the Lebou of Senegal</i>. Fortunately, I've been able to contact him by email, though, unfortunately, he is out of the country, and our paths, at least in the near term, will not cross. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dr. NDoye is just the person I'd hoped to find: a western-trained psychiatrist whose cultural roots are in West Africa, and thus, presumably, of two minds -- traditional and western. That he would be Lebou and from Yoff is remarkable. Hearing his perspective would be of great personal value.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The contact with Oumar N'Galla Gueye will continue through Gaucher, who is Lebou, resides in Yoff, and who plans to create a website devoted to Lebou history and culture.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">CONVERSATION NOTES</div><div><b>Re N’Doep drum</b></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Type of drum:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Sabar bung-bung</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Owner of drum:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ran M’Bey, born 1900 in village of Deng, close to Barney, grew up with uncle, Samba N’Daw Seck, in Yoff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Seck was the official grio in Yoff at the time, and his family continues to serve as official drumming for Yoff events, except for rab/tuur stuff.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Ran M’Bey family still responsible for N’Doep drumming in Yoff.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Common for sabar drums to be given names, more as tributes than ceremonial;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>this drum inscribed with M’Bey’s wife, Fat N’Dioye.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Re N’Doep ceremony</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Douda Seck, from Yoff, consulted as a traditional healer on cases presented at Fann Hospital until his death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Magget N’Bow (MN) has replaced him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She works closely with Bintun N’Diere (BD).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>NM is a sort of screener/triage, using divination (throwing shells) to diagnose a patient to determine cause and a recommended course of action, whether going on to consult with BD, or like recognized traditional community healer, and a simple, more commonplace sacrifice.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">BD’s personal rab is Mame M’Bisaan, from her mother’s side;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>this rab is unique in being able to treat patients of all cultures.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">MN & BD work in collaboration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>BD always refers potential patients first to MN for screening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>MN diagnoses, but does not conduct the healing, while BD does not diagnose but does heal.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">While a patient is welcome to consult with anyone specializing in rab divination, BD prefers MN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">The three main types of divination include use of shells, sand, and the Koran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Many other methods exist.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">It is good to check with several doing divination for confirmation of diagnosis and cause (as pact made with jinn in family history);<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>if one knows this family hx already, one could go directly to BD, but is good to get confirmation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">MN can inform BD whether a tuur can be placed in the home of the patient, or should be situated in BD’s home;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the tuur attracts the jinn, then a conversation may take place with the jinn to see what it wants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>MN makes a recommendation of a course of action, whether the patient work it out themselves in their home, or seek a specialist, BD.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Not all jinn’s have a place to reside, some wander, and a tuur offers both room and board.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">If a pact was signed with a jinn (this was more common historically when families sought their protection from malevolent jinns) and not respected, a sump might be created n the home.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">A sump is an anchor for a jinn, then a tuur can be brought in to provide a home and food.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">BD may construct a sump (the room) and a tuur (food);<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>requires a specialist to do this, as does most jinn-related activities, because you’re treating not only a patient’s symptoms, but protecting future generations;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the consequences require a specialist.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">If one has a headache, might be prescribed a jinn incense called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">shay-tan</i> (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">shey-tan</i> is the name of a wicked jinn).</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Sump only used in matters of possession, draws jinn within reach, then one can communicate with it;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the jinn can still travel, but will eventually come home.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">A jinn can be killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Oumar shares story of someone who was able to do this for a neighbor.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">If a person is possessed by a rab, then as a consequence is susceptible to sump;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>if a rab refuses to enter, then indicates there really isn’t a need.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">A sacrifice always precedes a sump;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the patient opens the mouth of a goat and speaks directly to the jinn, as:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I am sick, and I am asking you (the jinn by name) to help me and my family heal, with God’s help.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">The goat is then slaughtered, and the communication travels directly to the jinn.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Six items are required for the sump (each representing a part of the body of the jinn, as if you’re assembling the jinn):</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Cambria;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>2 pounders, representing the feet of the jinn</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Cambria;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>a large ceramic calabash, representing the body of the jinn</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Cambria;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>a smaller ceramic calabash with plant roots (of a particular plant called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">djender</i>, the same name of the oldest Lebou village, located neat Thies), representing the head and brains of the jinn;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>when one talks to the jinn, one speaks to this object</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Cambria;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i>tel-lich </i>= an intact gourd, representing the world of the jinn’s</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Cambria;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i>toop</i> = a gourd with two holes, representing the jinn house in that world (houses typically have more than one door, one to enter, one to exit)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Cambria;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><i>ta-ch</i> = a gourd with one hole, representing the jinn room in that house in that world</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">one speaks to the jinn only when in the ta-ch;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>if the jinn is in the toop, then one wait until it has moved into the ta-ch, with it’s one door.</p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-52927925493301427982011-06-12T07:43:00.000-07:002011-06-13T00:55:32.103-07:00ISD Talent Show 2011 6.10<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCI75rtx5RdtQWr8kjgm5xCa9Ic9dR6yBU49IpdVaFvafukJUg5HmwRjKxyNQOjR74DgNBYF-Hev6n1Ig_xk9xnTDyZhopsHCIpnGl6nPqAmduYQ8f1tuOXn4p3C6_Z8tUqHCjSQskQm8/s1600/Still+7.jpg" onblur="try 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style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbo5LMqoOAe8NGtvWKNVk8IPaROD_nvLvB2cUCMeQJypUBJQgpsZrSPHpLt06P8A7Bxi-JH2ueibJPM2n-wc1wzOvKJy7GaDthx1Q9OjmzCeppNk_wodiFbv4uvulxor0O2H2kWcwt6o/s200/Still+14.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617350396455535442" /></a>8<div><br /></div><div>The <i>Talent Show</i> marks the close of the school year at ISD. It's a remarkable event, really, seeing how many children are willing to stand on stage and share their talents with the school community. It is a tribute to music teacher Becca Brink, who inspires a love of song and performance.</div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to the 6ers who participated: guitarists Ali and Alphadi, who performed together and accompanying the <i>Keep Holding On</i> vocals of Anais, Brittany, Emilie and Margret; and to Ethan and brother Chaney for their <i>Knock, Knock, Knocking On Heaven's Door</i> guitar/vocal duet.</div><div><br /></div><div>Note the YouTube links below:</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZc5TpXw5cA">clip1</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpEZIcOinyo">clip2</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqO8hqfzKEU">clip3</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AITT_VsCgQ">clip4</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2qe7We_cm4">clip5</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lhx7dKMV98">clip6</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jU76VDoAnQ">clip7</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yNJxpfXHGM">clip8</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZIsBPknJf0">clip9</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7tVuQbKh3c">clip10</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6XbynReEtQ">clip11</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwQCVneQAMs">clip12</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-76406601813573083682011-06-12T07:36:00.001-07:002011-06-13T00:43:09.140-07:00. . . 99, 100.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7aMjhCBWooVjzVcUrfXqwOGwD1t2ISuOgbchnU32voNaYHYlvCMeQg07Eiw2L0cGobNCMvQIYZIIMZmPGDX0WgC80ZieKnVutRvImQGgn2nxA5Xz1SyHbHFBK-R0w1KHi3GAVoaUu_I/s1600/P6128245.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7aMjhCBWooVjzVcUrfXqwOGwD1t2ISuOgbchnU32voNaYHYlvCMeQg07Eiw2L0cGobNCMvQIYZIIMZmPGDX0WgC80ZieKnVutRvImQGgn2nxA5Xz1SyHbHFBK-R0w1KHi3GAVoaUu_I/s200/P6128245.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617342312078104354" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Last September, Sam Scoggins and I drove to N'Gor to meet with the owners of a dive school and club, unknown to me in my first two years in Senegal. Eight months later, I have logged 100 dives, including 22 sub-30m and 10 sub-40m deep dives, and completed a half-dozen PADI classes, all in the company of a remarkably competent group of colleagues, most posted in Ouakam with the French military. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Nautilus Dive Center</i>, located at Hotel Abaka on Plage N'Gor, has been my second home this year. Nautilus is owned by a lovely French couple, Hilda and Philippe, supported by two exceptionally skilled dive leaders/trainers, Daniela and Amyeric, with whom I have enjoyed many hours, both underwater and lunching on the holiday-like patio of the Abaka.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>It was a dream to dive the waters surrounding Pt. Alamadies. As it turns out, this was the club's dive turf, in water ranging from 20m to 40+m, with seasonal water temperatures fluctuating from the mid-80s to the mid-50s F, in conditions ranging from the ideal to the horrendous. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>It was certainly a dive year, and completely unexpected. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-6752616767845302542011-06-11T01:29:00.001-07:002011-06-13T00:10:12.398-07:00Celebrating Friendship: The ISD Middle School Dance 6.10<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCxfp9_TgEp-PEDF-BmKN1fLcxVloodkyrKn08MLEa-1-t5-5bu07gBZprFyFbCNBfJIa7-1Ol17Czz57mgmw5fdCg0gG1W3Q5oBqMIPdJLgYXDYZdvZVxyXFRAbE2bEd0Lp7vRUaJs4/s1600/P6108150.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCxfp9_TgEp-PEDF-BmKN1fLcxVloodkyrKn08MLEa-1-t5-5bu07gBZprFyFbCNBfJIa7-1Ol17Czz57mgmw5fdCg0gG1W3Q5oBqMIPdJLgYXDYZdvZVxyXFRAbE2bEd0Lp7vRUaJs4/s200/P6108150.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616878318200354258" /></a>1<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBnbatxLWx_iF0G_JUzZIHdQar8c4J5dpY4TaXKTQr777zDq_Xa-rsRqQKA4HIs89PzatScX8gNS3ddzExG3P7sbb_b71Bq7WxigzG5mcpy80C51brJYBcJhaMjLbIGLpDdyahbrc8SQ/s1600/P6108132.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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The energy of a first day is generally subdued, hesitant, uncertain; the energy of a last day it is effusive, pouring, mad.</div><div><br /></div><div>While this may be true of your local public school, where kids go home for the summer, returning to what is most familiar, their neighborhood, this is not necessarily true of an overseas international school, where the turnover can be a third or more, as families move on to new posts, and friendships, at all levels, are severed. Elements of grief and loss counter the jubilation. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our current grade 6 will experience only minor change this year. Emily is heading to Lyon, Nicky to Cairo, Ben to Manila, Dalia and Charne are moving from ISDakar to crosstown Dakar Academy. The class will largely remain in tact. </div><div><br /></div><div>In contrast, the 7th and 8th grade classes are experiencing dramatic change, with the departure of nearly half of the current students and families. The result promises to be a very teary close of this school year, witnessed both at the middle school awards' assembly and the middle school dance last Friday. Reality has arrived: friends are leaving, and the exceptionally strong sense of community enjoyed this year will change, carried over to virtual communities, such as <i>facebook</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The photos taken at Friday's dance, some above, capture moments of friendship, relationship, connection. For many, the connections will be severed, and the felt sense of loss will bubble to the surface over the next several days.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-51165320275949434712011-06-08T10:03:00.000-07:002011-06-12T23:23:21.680-07:00With The Greatest Of Ease: End-of-Year Trip To Accrobaobab 6.8<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZnVpP9NmaH7smJrokMSVjv3_MDUwF0_ARelystAVrE3hrSoTHVr87YbGeflnlHUVNQiO2tYlWeArtG7Wj6WM0G9DRsolFIR-ae-LR4Bs-_ld2XsY4LDZDkSrBZbM9DJfpASrw7NcIzY/s1600/P6088045.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZnVpP9NmaH7smJrokMSVjv3_MDUwF0_ARelystAVrE3hrSoTHVr87YbGeflnlHUVNQiO2tYlWeArtG7Wj6WM0G9DRsolFIR-ae-LR4Bs-_ld2XsY4LDZDkSrBZbM9DJfpASrw7NcIzY/s200/P6088045.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615898340813186994" /></a>1<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81oyc7IEdCMJw5vuwsb5IdccIXq-87icaarR4QSaFU2NkyEK-WJc_aCNZDDe53P78xsftkwlLrRsh_N1IVpfsurzTNcHwGmX3AsznJmcpwyjUNMx-mFAeiQTZi8O0wNfjIGKXFtbKXFo/s1600/P6088046.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Three years later, I'm shipping home sixteen boxes & bags together weighing over 500 lbs, courtesy of Air France Cargo. Their contents has changed, now filled with memorabilia.</div><div><br /></div><div>Packing was done with care, inspired by our egg drop contest a couple of months back. An n'doep drum is packed tight with styrofoam pellets, wedged at either end by journals; a basket from the animist island of Eloubaline is packed in a hard-shell suitcase, and filled with towel-wrapped ceramics; two handbuilt ceramic figurines from a small local potter outside Oussouye are encased in foam, packed tightly in a plastic bin, placed inside a milk-crate, packed inside a thick-wall book box. Egg in a box.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are no future yard sale items in this shipment; there is no excess. The Scoggins profited from the cast offs, many pieces of which are of particular cultural significance, as the old fish baskets from Seleki. Perhaps the new ISD middle and high school building, now under construction, will enjoy the donations.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-66535178154721212562011-06-05T09:45:00.000-07:002011-06-05T09:51:13.849-07:00A Cloistered Year<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-N-VpfRI37Nc9zDUOtjgrNHRP4WjbYdvjNjmVB3Q5jkoiuxBmhvxhIEwzZl7UDRzgK2WPI7rbtT1REPOqaeilhJzuzoIWjpeTYot1Rf1A5RBENObghCpPObY-Ea2TlcskqVoSbZOXPYQ/s1600/P6048021.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-N-VpfRI37Nc9zDUOtjgrNHRP4WjbYdvjNjmVB3Q5jkoiuxBmhvxhIEwzZl7UDRzgK2WPI7rbtT1REPOqaeilhJzuzoIWjpeTYot1Rf1A5RBENObghCpPObY-Ea2TlcskqVoSbZOXPYQ/s200/P6048021.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614778267394092786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhAF4mjZdt1FLx0NrU9Q4Y6ToR4Mm6K9e_gbohkIWsLlKcRuNbaNhIZyqVT61qjktR8mWRLDjZN9nd-jh0dH4Ph79pMQVYG6Faaylaaq7X47CWj_I3e-0AepdDSBEf7vspNbWJCVblsQ/s1600/P6048027.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhipS2qreIculWiM3CbkKE_TeApa1s8QLT7p0t-GzvU-I9fP6BWdlTsaey9DRvzcvbZHeVkD14a-LSOb46kl7tzrT2d4kIW4jyPy-6fSgKJOuR6aa3NLAWzp1nDtJ7GeTieCfsIflQHew/s200/P6037955.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614253372937578530" /></a>13<br /><div><br /></div><div>This activity remains one of the most interesting team-building activities in my repertoire. (I'm not sure who to credit for the activity, save a former 6th grade colleague Debra Hidson.) The instructions are deceptively simple: determine the order of a collection of images, then stack them facedown in order. </div><div><br /></div><div>Students sit in a circle, and each is given a picture to study. They must <b>not</b> to reveal the image to any other group member, save through words. Yes, they may speak; no, they may not show their picture to someone else. Ready . . . go!</div><div><br /></div><div>I use a stopwatch to time the activity. The felt pressure of time helps nudge the group to begin without delay.</div><div><br /></div><div>The teacher's role is difficult: say nothing, observe, perhaps take notes. </div><div><br /></div><div>Students immediately assume familiar, habitual roles: leader, supporter, thinker/problem solver, complainer, saboteur; asserting power and dominance, or drifting off to sleep; responding impulsively, or thoughtfully and methodically; detailed and specific in their descriptions, or general, vague and fuzzy.</div><div><br /></div><div>This year, both groups began by asking each student in turn to describe their picture. The zoom-in pattern to the sequence of images was recognized almost immediately, though the process of determining the specific order was much more challenging.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'd like to see the process repeated with another similar task, with the aim of observing growth across activities, and reflection of one's own stereotypical roles within a group. Presumably, the group gets smarter, and the obstacles reduced. Still, I wonder how the recurrence of patterns and roles might continue to pose the same obstacles.</div><div><br /></div><div>Note <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zoom-Picture-Puffins-Istvan-Banyai/dp/0140557741">Zoom</a>, the children's book used for this activity.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-83767419178112797452011-06-02T09:24:00.000-07:002011-06-04T00:59:22.625-07:00Ascension With Lena 6.2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PbS_NoXo3J10BvkWJ8jfZUkxsGPRBybXtEfpCRmxe1k4zxb_ziupnz7J2SxXuH0gsfgPHJqzfXBli8COpP0XnMISKYIp4fk_OVZln8MLlSkKOh01WN2GjSFJEJiptrXYkOpdhl4MeW4/s1600/P6027924.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PbS_NoXo3J10BvkWJ8jfZUkxsGPRBybXtEfpCRmxe1k4zxb_ziupnz7J2SxXuH0gsfgPHJqzfXBli8COpP0XnMISKYIp4fk_OVZln8MLlSkKOh01WN2GjSFJEJiptrXYkOpdhl4MeW4/s200/P6027924.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613660129178955586" /></a>1<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg444pR4bGUWkeUYsVKM18eXdvNp9P8ckyVRqkaQQuV1y-7dB6PyQcj2b7a_fYE2AyP7-yJLyeF9JFLgzT3pGLz_Vwa6B-eqq_KR67lFFGT2qCoQTaqeWejoPZEUbqq0f83EuzYw7RsNwI/s1600/P6027862.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMmn4Le5wlWfhQU9HORh34z3hB14ErnPVOwO2Hqd9hAl1tr2JdJtW7a1VvHxg8-wbLtRT2byEjDRv9MZavvQwCLLEin_51S6Mhzgw3apULywTQ1syCOUbY8lBlAHyEFGOEP_vW8EtAD0/s200/P6027897.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659920636339810" /></a>8<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1jgkq6H5B34-zDIp8hp7_DDCp3gCV9KY0QeSpBahsO3odyDyK-InYzz8ePob_WFs8tM28r9Fbju7dTdOH9eIseFrNDhRsEh7sDkVcxoPDw2lwBxXsoOZD4iKmZ70MEwAQ220kd4J20o/s1600/P6027904.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1jgkq6H5B34-zDIp8hp7_DDCp3gCV9KY0QeSpBahsO3odyDyK-InYzz8ePob_WFs8tM28r9Fbju7dTdOH9eIseFrNDhRsEh7sDkVcxoPDw2lwBxXsoOZD4iKmZ70MEwAQ220kd4J20o/s200/P6027904.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659662329118386" /></a>9<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCZZhvRzzcjHBHEmIj_HuglXLUNR5HltRCp3UHskccWQKbH9DawyHm9BcY9onywI-_SB7zeFXN3FbmeYkD3goyEt1wASo0vGn7Pt3FovZVpt4VIumvIfyzgmxwRabmiBduRV-q3qeZys/s1600/P6027907.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCZZhvRzzcjHBHEmIj_HuglXLUNR5HltRCp3UHskccWQKbH9DawyHm9BcY9onywI-_SB7zeFXN3FbmeYkD3goyEt1wASo0vGn7Pt3FovZVpt4VIumvIfyzgmxwRabmiBduRV-q3qeZys/s200/P6027907.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659662928818946" /></a>10<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPtb3bo1_GYAMkCrZX7Vpy-DbJ9SqSTYKX6EaVbnxfDMU3gCAH1zaHB_rDnfOxrqnwvtrzfcJ0VuNbw-OsM1dGXyQmd3nKpMnApV4n9ooA-7w29e3TqunZNdrsjiWRcR3CpjZIS0FG94/s1600/P6027911.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPtb3bo1_GYAMkCrZX7Vpy-DbJ9SqSTYKX6EaVbnxfDMU3gCAH1zaHB_rDnfOxrqnwvtrzfcJ0VuNbw-OsM1dGXyQmd3nKpMnApV4n9ooA-7w29e3TqunZNdrsjiWRcR3CpjZIS0FG94/s200/P6027911.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659658834872274" /></a>11<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33_DZZz1jVICODNtOL8al6Cng66k3c8EzFQCq_QnBjcasvscC6QzjsCZnmhs4bfVmtE5T_aBkd3DjTVKLdTJYE1u_3IMz_VSHf8Dck8KkXJdnbrTeN4uJb_ot5J_p1_AZp7NPcI6maVs/s1600/P6027913.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33_DZZz1jVICODNtOL8al6Cng66k3c8EzFQCq_QnBjcasvscC6QzjsCZnmhs4bfVmtE5T_aBkd3DjTVKLdTJYE1u_3IMz_VSHf8Dck8KkXJdnbrTeN4uJb_ot5J_p1_AZp7NPcI6maVs/s200/P6027913.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659656189315970" /></a>12<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSWILyLQS9K9XfqFsSHOKXbvcDqI3vG4X0rACFeGhqQfH_1ASKrijPw44RkI-YKl4oQdWUP5xH14mLH04Lf1P_F6Tdz2e3VTDHDLWNLVGONH3IARZreDbx1ghMsh-fgbS0ytNbu7U6n8/s1600/P6027920.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSWILyLQS9K9XfqFsSHOKXbvcDqI3vG4X0rACFeGhqQfH_1ASKrijPw44RkI-YKl4oQdWUP5xH14mLH04Lf1P_F6Tdz2e3VTDHDLWNLVGONH3IARZreDbx1ghMsh-fgbS0ytNbu7U6n8/s200/P6027920.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613659653999837378" /></a>13<br /><br /><div>Lunch with Lena and her extended family in the neighborhood of Grand Dakar, joined by Karen and Marje. Lena is Catholic and the gathering was a celebration of Ascension.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-14710447499469622602011-06-01T13:31:00.000-07:002011-06-02T09:32:17.065-07:00Jeronimo, The Drum (N'doep) & the Canacla: Three Final Souvenirs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHelrx4JNHDZR_NgT3wUZo7DeAn7HmXD0GCRa2AWxXOmkOfgUKRNt2ZdCeeI9MiWElzS8G6KX0XAmvOkIQMe-kbtqk4iuFn_8IGq6zef9trQpe1MzQWmOxZIjWSzu1Avx2Ewjm0nFXFs8/s1600/P6027926.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHelrx4JNHDZR_NgT3wUZo7DeAn7HmXD0GCRa2AWxXOmkOfgUKRNt2ZdCeeI9MiWElzS8G6KX0XAmvOkIQMe-kbtqk4iuFn_8IGq6zef9trQpe1MzQWmOxZIjWSzu1Avx2Ewjm0nFXFs8/s200/P6027926.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613660529152267506" /></a>1<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicwbmYXfX0geGIddGlVtsv7WkYr9LuXBm7wAczHoXyez-dyM-b2i_duTSi_SsINJAt_DuqMy-TC837GYoBYx1joY-oiWsfO2AvhP-_ZVlmddq5_sd9A64E2OYerQ_aBLnMox_VeWGAUw/s1600/Snapz+Pro+XScreenSnapz001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 92px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTryKy_lNGtzDMxFG7c1Kt3vvyUQaXeeakvZD6iGvM2iHlsN44R6ALARawLrXndzw5k7uwsQ4zuxGvOqjY_-kH7pnrmNKVSmVgTG0F8KSHuqG1MuUJNh7wMekp7Y9hnVXh9FZeIiLlZTU/s200/Snapz+Pro+XScreenSnapz003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613352352041067986" /></a>4<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ak1GcDuvFPKVmw8-KO4UBn_rf6jBP2LrCLRanZql6fmALeG5VOPyRXgdKt0L5_82lF3QKk1I-BZfWiKv4VlSnbgnwEeFhsRJAGuqksil9ykHovTMZHobO_-gwQlznhzg7ofWXR-1V44/s1600/P4187030.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ak1GcDuvFPKVmw8-KO4UBn_rf6jBP2LrCLRanZql6fmALeG5VOPyRXgdKt0L5_82lF3QKk1I-BZfWiKv4VlSnbgnwEeFhsRJAGuqksil9ykHovTMZHobO_-gwQlznhzg7ofWXR-1V44/s200/P4187030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613352341596726290" /></a>5<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7jZDPlXSmssVpOLpJXSJDMZf4IzAJHkqeYahUnZweXnE4qxJkVPqhy_akE-FNfGruxU6iAn16eYBH-SDjKT5uNubXU6HPjZOxrA0CvNa1gDb8zCi8nCwYnzxg_fU5fGFw1zk4OoVuOo/s1600/P4187033.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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photo4: n'doep drum, courtesy of Oumar; photos 5-7: Dr. Benoit Vanherke demonstrates the <i>canacla</i> for the grade 6ers.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Three final souvenirs to purchase before my <i>stuff</i> is collected and sent by air freight home to California: a third piece by French artist <i><a href="http://www.jeronimo-dk.com/">Jeronimo</a></i> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><strong>Jérôme MAILLET</strong></span>); a drum associated with the traditional Lebou <i>n</i>'<i>doep</i>, or trance healing ceremony; and a <a href="http://canacla.com/">canacla</a>, a unique (and uniquely simple/elegant) hand washing system developed and promoted by local French physician Dr. Benoit Vanherke. </div><div><br /></div><div>The art and canacla is straightforward to acquire; one need only go to the gallery or marche. The drum is more challenging, and has required asking around. That the drum will be shared with future students, and treated as a device for talking about traditional Lebou values, beliefs and practices make its acquisition a little simpler. </div><div><br /></div><div>The final piece by <i>Jeronimo</i> was acquired by happenstance. When the would-be buyer who had placed it on hold hadn't showed after the requisite number of days, the gallery owner contacted me, just in time.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719610914471693046.post-41003812206213767772011-06-01T12:18:00.000-07:002011-06-02T00:10:22.716-07:00A Change in the Weather 6.1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjv1cKUaZaY8ISORCL-bu5bir5jI9pkh10eweUe7nLJnqe9Q5dl-9Kc2nAXMoZbetkjBbWvVVdf3eQuO0g0oP4-NsrpZAPDilIP4HUbRqMCWDjr4MCfWYbfQEHiL4jRUnPslGv71RZ_g/s1600/Snapz+Pro+XScreenSnapz001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjv1cKUaZaY8ISORCL-bu5bir5jI9pkh10eweUe7nLJnqe9Q5dl-9Kc2nAXMoZbetkjBbWvVVdf3eQuO0g0oP4-NsrpZAPDilIP4HUbRqMCWDjr4MCfWYbfQEHiL4jRUnPslGv71RZ_g/s200/Snapz+Pro+XScreenSnapz001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613511616374516290" /></a>1<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUhf4goSuRggwK59yG5St8rX1aezc1JFgTPAeZ7f6U5Jrsv8IZ5-Vcu5nUNZYULsu7mmScOHDZeWXOJNBKQhaqhYwpwzqvIKz9t_jhDsNUpmWvDXGFId3hwbUOAqgBng-QflTXQw-ITs/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvylyTe5t-fSrY8Ka5gE-t4MFGy-NpVpIrLlFiXO1rmr4eKuz7z9ZY0sIttENA6MIQZ76Nkzupo1TWLXUWJmBRKEpTCB_owoYkwo93f3OcePx54rigFstPFGZ-LtB1UIwwIRVftFnTco/s200/Snapz+Pro+XScreenSnapz004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613334491354723826" /></a>6<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zuoHlBNtiB5B7DF-VqzuflOQ66bg4Vi0MGsZ33U-IX_UnJEg186-Dx8aHdHjJhGJOwgZnVqr86HojYWd_j-1F-McFyf-hSh5QiY1wHkPibivSQt0gbbp24Df9S1nFSnlo7Oecx_ha1I/s1600/Snapz+Pro+XScreenSnapz005.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zuoHlBNtiB5B7DF-VqzuflOQ66bg4Vi0MGsZ33U-IX_UnJEg186-Dx8aHdHjJhGJOwgZnVqr86HojYWd_j-1F-McFyf-hSh5QiY1wHkPibivSQt0gbbp24Df9S1nFSnlo7Oecx_ha1I/s200/Snapz+Pro+XScreenSnapz005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613334484616042194" /></a>7<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzjiAhmAEtHB9AZ-wQR6YaedBoGEc8wS252OBiAzSuGlaRrXQrnepvyico3RO5QEervVFmDw_gL_tQRdd7w6Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>8<div><br /></div><div>Images (top to bottom): image1: detail of a satellite image taken this morning over West Africa, showing Senegal; image2: satellite image taken last night; image3: satellite image taken yesterday morning; image4: satellite image shows that the seasonal monsoon has gradually shifted to the north; image5: forecast for Dakar; image6: forecast for Ziguinchor, in southernmost Senegal; image7: monthly average for precipitation showing that the rain returns in June, though with few measurable rainy days; image8: videoclip of the weather forecast by BBC.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The weather has shifted dramatically in the past several days. Yesterday, it was downright jungly in the morning -- muggy, overcast, a sense that showers were possible. Colin, our director of maintenance at ISD, mentioned that he had the guys out cleaning gutters in anticipation of precipitation.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's early yet. We're likely experiencing the northern edge of the prominent band of monsoonal rain, still hovering over the Gulf of Guinea to the south. Still, you'll hear a passing reference to rain returning to the <i>Sahel</i> in the BBC forecast. The <i>Sahel</i> refers to the transition zone between the Sahara and the savannah regions of Africa in which Senegal lies.</div><div><br /></div><div>After an unusually blustery wind in the early hours Wednesday morning, much more common in the fall, I checked the satellite image for West Africa (image3), and carried an umbrella to school. A little early, but the rainy season is certainly on the approach.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0