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Mark on Arne & Joy

Posted in March 1st, 2010
by Esther Garvi in Personal, Reader's Questions

A friend of both Arne and Joy left the following comment on Facebook, which might provide some insight into the dynamics of the relationship:
Looking beyond the immediate, Arne told me that he is a Christian, and does not believe in other religions.
Joy is very deeply into multiple spiritual paths, including Tibetan Buddhist and Yoruba, and [...]

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Dennis Mugu in the bush

Posted in November 4th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in Ishtar's ark, Reader's Questions

In last week’s post about Sheba’s love for sand, Lori Skoog asked me to tell more about Dennis, our other dog.

Well, Dennis is Aslan’s eldest brother but of a different father and will be turning nine years old in January, together with his half brothers Baloo and Bagheera. He is half Nigerien Azawakh, a quarter [...]

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Blogging practicalities

Posted in March 26th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in About this blog, Life as a volunteer, Reader's Questions

In a previous post, Niger1 asked the following question:
From where do you get connected to the internet your house or cybercafe?
Well, I have two choices. One is to battle the ordinary line, which is OK some days, and hopeless other days.

The other is to go to a cybercafé. We used to go regularly to one [...]

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