Suzanne and Dave came to visit over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. They arrived on Friday night and left on Sunday afternoon, giving us a short but great visit together. We spent a lot of time just hanging out and chatting, but we also did some cultural stuff too. We went to the American Indian [...]

You may have noticed that we’ve stopped complaining about the cold. That’s because our house is finally warm now! You may remember that our renovation was delayed by a month or more because of a problem with the HVAC system. We ripped out the radiators (with much remorse) because refurbishing that system and adding central [...]

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Are you interested in stories of cannibals and wild, beast-like people who once lived in the darkest regions of Africa? Have you ever wondered where those stories originated, and why they were so far from the truth? This is a paper I wrote several years ago for a class called “European Representations of Africa.” It [...]