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Brazil Breakdown: January 2011
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My adventures and musings from Brasilia. Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Obama's Coming to Brazil? I didn't watch last night's State of the Union address but I guess I may have company in a few weeks. Obama's coming to Brazil as well as "to forge new alliances for progress in the Americas" with Chile and El Salvador. Just hope it's NOT during Carnaval (March 5-10) and that I can find a way to hear him speak. Hopefully there will be some sort of public event. Sunday, January 23, 2011. 4 checker doesn't know ...
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The Wixsons in India: October 2012
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The Wixsons in India. Two music teachers from Minneapolis teaching at the American School of Bombay. Sunday, October 21, 2012. Ganesh Takes Us to the Garba. Before we went, Ganesh's wife Gita gave us a traditional blessing with some of the strongest tikka paint we've had in 2 years in India - it's still on our foreheads after a shower and a good scrub this morning. The whole reason for this festival, nine nights in total, is to celebrate the Goddess Durga (pictured below). Several of the boys I was c...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: April 2014
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Tuesday, April 22, 2014. One word to describe India: Hopes. I will be attempting over a few blog posts to write some of my thoughts about India by collecting them around one word. This is my first attempt. I began writing this using the word "Expectations", then realized that "Hopes" was a better choice. I was initially inspired by our trip to Darjeeling. India is densely populated with hopes.
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The Wixsons in India: March 2012
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The Wixsons in India. Two music teachers from Minneapolis teaching at the American School of Bombay. Saturday, March 24, 2012. To work towards this goal this year and with six applicants, two were accepted. The ten-month process came to fulfillment this past weekend in Aberdeen, Scotland where students representing 42 different international school and 36 countries came together to form the international honor band. On the other hand, it was great to be back in Scotland again. You will remember that ...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: September 2013
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Sunday, September 22, 2013. Day 11 of the festival, Ganesh Chaturthi. More statues are arriving. These statues are larger. They are carried by groups of loud, raucous men. The men are wearing t-shirts stained with red powder. One man shouts “Ganapati Bapa! 8221; The crowd shouts in reply, “Moria! 8221; We join in. “Moria! I shout for him to stop, but he doesn’t hear me. Finally, he s...8221; a...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: May 2013
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Saturday, May 18, 2013. CROP Walk and Water in Mumbai. For a number of years, we have been involved in the Holland Area CROP Hunger Walk. About to begin walking. Reservoir for water storage. Water tank supplying clean water for a group of houses. Water tap for several houses. Water jug at local restaurant. Monday, May 6, 2013. How was your run? Fine" His usual response. For some reason he ...
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus: Buying Electricity
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Michigan, Mumbai, and Minato-Ku : tales from the Mzungus. Musings on life from a pair of International Teachers. Sunday, May 17, 2015. My friend Laurel often says "there are lots of different ways to do things." I found the truth of that statement here in Tanzania when were running short of electricity at home. LUKU meter - you will see the we had less than 1 KW hour of electricity left - don't tell Nancy! Yup - you can buy your electricity here! In the morning, with the meter reading about 5 (the refrig...
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The Wixsons in India: May 2012
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The Wixsons in India. Two music teachers from Minneapolis teaching at the American School of Bombay. Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Wow, we have stunk at blogging lately. Fortunately for you, we haven't been boring you with the details of how many Orff instruments have been wrapped in bubble wrap or how many flutes I have fixed (or given up on! As the end of year has been a crazy one for us. ASB is transforming, check out the current state of the band room! The Wixsons in India. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mumba...
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Brazil Breakdown: November 2010
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My adventures and musings from Brasilia. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. It's been a long, long while since a post and I think it's about time to begin blogging again. Why you ask? It's time to give a bit of thanks for what I've got. It's clique I know with Thanksgiving to have a post like this but, hey, why fight the culture current and rather just flow it. So, with this move, there's lots to be thankful for. A few thankful thoughts. And then asked if we could play Barbies when I'm home. I guess I need ...
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The Wixsons in India: May 2013
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The Wixsons in India. Two music teachers from Minneapolis teaching at the American School of Bombay. Sunday, May 19, 2013. It's finally here - starting to get 'real' and starting to do the 'lasts.' On Friday the packers came and were done in a matter of hours. We've spent three years filling our apartment up with housewares, antique furniture, art, textiles, photographs, clothes - lots of clothes, baby items and more books that we will be able to read for the next year! Our global society feels very smal...