My sister spent a bit of time in Ethiopia and Senegal in the past year. As I know my sister pretty well, her favorite past time is going to the market place and bargaining for items. In Africa there is no such thing as the set price. The act of bartering lives on. I was [...]
Published by October 18th, 2006 in Bernos, Design and Shameless Plug.Search Results for 'grandfather'
Or My great grandmother's older brother, he was a talented 19th /20th century painter sculpture and illustrator. I’m pretty sure most of you haven’t heard of him but I’m sure some of you have seen his work. He specialized in the church paintings and sculptures. Among the ones he worked on, is Kidist Mariam Bete [...]
Published by March 21st, 2006 in History.The 600?as my dad referred to it, ?six hundred nat?; when he spoke to other people about the car he drove. In my family, we called her- our baby fiat- ?gududu.? Gududu, as my two year old brother referred to the sound it makes as the engine roars through the busted muffler ?actually its more [...]
Published by March 10th, 2006 in Childhood.
