by Connie Connally | Feb 10, 2015 | History
This essay (minus the photos) was published under a different title in The News Tribune of Tacoma, February 9, 2015. In recent years two of my three sons embarked on international life journeys, and in a smaller way, so did I. My son Brendan and his wife moved to... by Connie Connally | Dec 18, 2012 | Life
In the last two posts I wrote about visiting Cameroon. Here are some other things I found interesting while I was there: People eat animals that it would never occur to us to eat: bats, cane rats, what-have-you. We saw a boy standing beside the road, holding up a... by Connie Connally | Dec 1, 2012 | Life
We Americans are accustomed to cleanliness, order and privacy, even if we don’t think we’re immaculate, organized and private. We are also used to buying what we need (or want) and having it readily available, new and in good condition. We don’t... by Connie Connally | Nov 27, 2012 | Life
I hadn’t meant to neglect this blog for so long. The excuses for the neglect are a busy life and a broken computer, plus trying to finish revising a novel. Well, anyway, here we are. In the first half of September my husband and I visited Yaoundé, Cameroon,...