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Monthly Archives July 2007

Nabdogo Pt. 1

Okay, so I’m going to skip back somewhat to our second week in Burkina Faso. As interns for the Fondation pour le Development Communautaire de Burkina Faso, we were ostensibly going to do research in community schools to compile a database of the organization’s 2500 students. It soon became apparent that “research” involved driving out [...]

Posted 23 July 2007 † Caitlin § Burkina Faso § Memory ‡ Comments (0) °

Characters of Sapone Pt. 3

These three kids might as well be called the Three Stooges. The boy on the left is five-year-old Tidi. The little one in the middle is his three-year-old sister Alindi. They are two of our neighbor Mme Ilboudo’s children. The girl on the right is four-year-old Aleah, the little sister of my friends Ruth and [...]

Posted 16 July 2007 † Caitlin § Burkina Faso § Memory § Photography ‡ Comments (1) °

Characters of Sapone Pt. 2

On Tuesday morning I received a message from a girl who is in Burkina Faso right now, working for the same organization as I did last summer. I had written her asking how all the kids are. “They’re good,” she said. “They talk about you all the time.” Upon reading this, I proceeded to burst [...]

Posted 12 July 2007 † Caitlin § Burkina Faso § Memory § Photography ‡ Comments (0) °

Why Does the Cottage Look Like the 1970s in Black and White

Aylen Lake #7

Originally uploaded by doublecaitlin

To ilustrate, see my Flickr photographs.
Much fun was had at the cottage on the weekend of June 22nd-24th with friends Terris, Phil and Lex.
I keep on writing something for this blog, finishing it almost to the point of [...]

Posted 06 July 2007 † Caitlin § Misc. ‡ Comments (0) °