I have never been able to replicate the feeling. I have never been able to sleep that way. No 200 dollar down comforter could ever replace the comfort ye’Emiyes Gabi gave me. Oh and the Tara, woy Taraw. The old brown Tara, that was the key. Yes, the key to the sound; the sound you [...]
Published by October 26th, 2006 in Childhood.Archive for the 'Childhood' Category
After many, many years I finally made a decision to do what my parents have begged me to do every time they visit. No it's not marriage, and I'm not having a baby but travel to Ethiopia. Year after year I had an excuse from — I have too much responsibility at work to I am [...]
Do you see those kids? They were orphaned by AIDS. Every Year in Ethiopian about 3 quarters of a million kids under the age of fifteen are orphaned by AIDS. It is estimated that there are 2.5 million AIDS orphans in Ethiopia and increasing at a rapid rate. Without digressing too much into my personal [...]
Published by August 31st, 2006 in Childhood, Help and Noteworthy.Of the five human senses, the one with the longest memory is the sense of smell followed by hearing. Clark Richert, my painting instructor from the college years told me that he used to spray his painting with oddest perfume in order to strike a chord in the memory of viewers. After some research, studies’correlating [...]
