What’s Not to Love
We crossed a few things off the Bucket List today.
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The Eye of a Needle
Camel poop is so dry it can be used as fuel immediately after dropping, and other things I learned in the desert.
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Mascara
The mineral ingredient that gives make-up luminescence is mined near Merzouga.
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Wide and Deep
There is more going on in this picture than it seems.
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Gold, Salt, and Slaves
Ait Benhaddou was a trans-Saharan trading post on the Timbuktu to Marrakesh trail.
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Come With Me to the Casbah
Pepe’ le Moco and Pépé le Pew uttered these words to woo the women they loved.
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Barbary Pirates
“Come with me to Barbary
We’ll ply there up and down
Not quite exactly
In the service of the Crown”
“Privateering” – Mark Knopfler
Click on the pirate for a mix of Madeira stories…
Chasing Waterfalls
The photo on the left was taken in Madeira, Portugal in 1956. Today we went looking for the location, at the request of the little boy.
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When the Light Left Procyon
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The Manifestation of My Shortcomings
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