Archive for the ‘From the home office’ Category:

Blues Scholar

{ Posted on Apr 24 2007 by Bill Zimmerman }
5 Comments
Tags : ,
Categories : From the home office
Roland Boula is the sole resident and caretaker of Madison Park, a swath of beachfront property hacked from the lush green coast of Batoke, a small fishing village some kilometers outside of Limbe. Batoke typically goes unnoticed to the ...Read More »

The Myth of Integration

{ Posted on Feb 19 2007 by Bill Zimmerman }
4 Comments
Tags : ,
Categories : From the home office
In the foreword to Margaret Mead’s ground-breaking and controversial first book Coming of Age in Samoa, her advisor, Franz Boas, wrote that: Courtesy, modesty, good manners and conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, very good ...Read More »

Fire on the Mountain

{ Posted on Jan 06 2007 by Bill Zimmerman }
2 Comments
Tags :
Categories : From the home office
Tonight was Hans’ birthday. I took a taxi to Bakweri town and dropped at the Pala Pala field next to his family’s compound. The quarter was filled with activity. Women and children gathered around a gushing ...Read More »

Avian clue

{ Posted on Jun 07 2006 by Bill Zimmerman }
1 Comment
Tags :
Categories : From the home office
Best travel library gift ever. Somehow I find myself glued to the spot whenever a really interesting bird is around. I think this must have begun when I moved onto the houseboat where water birds are abundant year-round. For weeks ...Read More »
Newer Entries »