Tagged: Dutch

Keetmanshoop: Never Underestimate a Determined Man

April 21 It drives me crazy how much plastic is wasted in Africa.  There is a serious lack of education on how destructive its destruction is as they can not seem to waste enough of it on this continent.  If you go into a supermarket in Namibia and you buy a juice, the people working will put it in a plastic bag if you do not stop them.  If you buy one banana, plastic bag.  Can of coke, plastic bag. ...

Karatu: Rockstar Sadness, Feminists, and BBQ Chickens

Karatu: Rockstar Sadness, Feminists, and BBQ Chickens

[su_note note_color=”#b0b1b6″ text_color=”#030303″ radius=”8″]David Bowie died today.  It really bothered me.   Lemmy Kilmister two weeks ago, and Bowie today.  It has been a rough week for me musically.  I have Rockstar Sadness.  Both have made my eyes water.  Lemmy, 70, played finished a tour and died just 15 days later from cancer, finding out two days before he died that he had such an illness.  Bowie released his final album just two days ago, on his 69th birthday and cancer...

Sucre: New Holland

Sucre: New Holland

Sucre: New Holland. May 1. At Spanish class today, my teacher Edson mentioned the Mercado Negro in Sucre.  I asked him if that was where I could go to buy a black person.  Edson is a very sweet person who has probably never offended anyone in his life.  I wish I was an artist and I could paint that face of confused horror which presented itself between his eyes and his chin.  He took my question for face value and...