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another great trip up to murchison falls national park. plenty of photos and comments over at philsgood photo a day. highlights included lions, birds, breakdowns and a new place to stay.

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paige was jealous (and rightly so) that i got to see the lions, so i’m going to pick her up in pakwach and we’re going to spend a couple days in murchison. planning on camping out on the delta. i got a nifty little stove today at the gas station. it’s a four-liter propane tank […]

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so the andersonbowen.comBLOG has more visitors total and a higher percentage of visitors who stick around and look at the site than my photo blog, philsgood photo a day. not sure why. especially since i update the photo site (a lot) more often. and it’s owned by google. the only conclusion i can draw is […]

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as this weekend’s trip to murchison falls shows, there are definitely some benefits to living here in uganda. one afternoon i can be working in the garden, wondering if maybe i should go to a movie in the evening. 15 hours later i’m getting in a car for a spur-of-the-moment weekend getaway that for most […]

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paige is in arua for ten days heading a training session for her malaria project. i’m holding down the fort with the cats, and on thursday (international labour day, public holiday) tom came over to help me in the garden. he’s currently a deputy director for save the children africa but is also a big-time […]

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my favorite DJs crystal and irish were talking yesterday about the wikipedia entry for ugandan english. paige wrote some about ugandan english in this epic post. most of the wiki is pretty good, though a lot is missing. there’s only a couple editors and not many edits. but it reminded me of my favorite ugandan […]

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ok, time to do some housecleaning so i can start with the updates again. to summarize: paige’s parents visited and we went all over the place. paige is growing in a big way. she’s been busy at work. i’ve been busy on the computer. we are here for only five more weeks.

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paige’s parents are here. we have a busy two weeks ahead starting 6:30 tomorrow am. ssembabule > lake mburo national park > bushara island on lake bunyonyi > bwindi impenetrable forest (gorillas!) > ishasha in queen elizabeth national park > masaka > home. a day to recover, then driving to arua to deliver their new […]

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the new york times travel section published an article today on grand marais and the local cross country ski touring scene. check it out here. they also have an eight-image slide show that you can see here. north house, sivertson’s gallery, and scenery are all featured. the article is pretty good and doesn’t seem to […]

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ultimate, pregnancy, frostbite, cats. all inside!

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