pantsuits and high heels and pearls, oh my!
For the next few weeks I’m visiting my mom in Illinois. While she’s at work during the day, two main things are on my agenda: finish and FedEx piles of paperwork back to State, and shop. The first task...
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A few weekends ago an American working at a nonprofit here in Cotonou joined the usual Embassy crowd for dinner. Each week we meet at the same restaurant, which caters to the expat demographic. Not...
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to the market
After an unsuccessful first attempt I finally returned to the famous Dantokpa market this weekend, this time with a few people who actually knew the way. It was a Dantokpa 101 sort of excursion — we...
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american baby
One tiny upside of this unexpected trip back to the U.S. is that Flynn has had the opportunity to spend some time in the U.S. Sure he lived stateside for his first two months, but that was like 3/4 of...
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simple tasks
It’s hard to explain to family and friends back home how exhausting life in Benin can be at times. It’s not just Benin — life in any foreign country, and especially a developing one. It’s interesting....
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