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Remembering my friend Alan
My friend Alan Wadey slipped away from us quietly, drawing his last breath in the middle of the…
Category: People and Personalities
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How Patrick found his future on his own doorstep
The front door swung open at our Airbnb outside Killarney, and the smiling owner ushered us inside. “Leave…
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Life after the presidency: What’s lies in store for the Talking Yam?
One day, this miserable period in US political history will be behind us. Winters will come and…
Africa
Simon says: Dinner’s served in remotest Namibia
It is 7:30 on a Sunday night at the Kapika Lodge on the northern Namibia-Angola border. Half a…
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Away We Go! (and the kids come too)
Kendrick was 14 months when he left the U.S. Tigger was nine. Rose and Anthony took their sons,…
Asia
In Istanbul, a life on hold as terrorism grips city
(The world is once again reeling from a series of terrorist attacks targeting major cities. Three suicide bombers…