peregrine by nature

having a tendency to wander

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Written by Kari

September 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 pm

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  1. I adore your site, photos and thoughts.

    David Barnes

    15 Sep 08 at 4:23 pm

  2. ask pascal if he remembers that sand castle we built – it was a very detailed well with stones and “mortar” and everything. i am so nostalgic.

    joie

    21 Sep 08 at 8:42 pm

  3. Thank you for bringing this to us. I want my worldview rattled and radically changed!

    Bailey

    3 Nov 08 at 5:23 pm

  4. your site is amazing :) hope u will still be blogging when we are grandmas :)

    szavanna

    12 Nov 08 at 12:14 pm

  5. do you “carry” 22 books in theology?
    :)

    Ken

    16 Nov 08 at 1:54 am

  6. We (especially the ones with smooshy faces)miss you here in TX. Thanks for showing us glimpses of this other world… we cannot travel so far but you take us there every time you post a new photo and thought. Love you!

    Angie

    22 Nov 08 at 3:27 am

  7. Angie and smoosh faces, I love and miss you enormous amounts.
    Ken- maybe they carry me?

    Kari

    23 Nov 08 at 6:01 pm

  8. Your photos are just amazing. And your comments like poetry! Love it. I am in a neighboring country. ;-) I can relate to what you show and write. Looking forward to more posts.

    Jutta

    7 Jan 09 at 7:26 pm

  9. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I think it is funny that our blog names are somewhat related: pelegrine by nature – reluctant nomad. Just at opposite ends of the spectrum. ;-)

    Jutta

    7 Jan 09 at 9:16 pm

  10. I am a new reader but i can feel that i am loving more and more your blog.
    Ba bénéne yone!

    Ababacar

    8 Jan 09 at 10:20 am

  11. lovely pictures! Keep it up!

    Peter

    10 Jan 09 at 3:02 am

  12. Kari, ……. I am speechless, spellbound, your heart is showing and it is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in decades ……. ever. Your talent is overshadowed by the love in the content. Ever since I met you I knew there was something very special about you… now I have a glimpse of just what that is. I long to hug you and have some of that rub off on me – in me.
    “we do not have a soul, we are a soul we have a body”
    beautiful just like you.

    Glenn

    15 Jan 09 at 4:04 pm

  13. By far, By miles, the best blog I have seen so far. Keep blessing us!

    Ajah

    5 Feb 09 at 10:06 pm

  14. Kari, I live in a beautiful part of Canada which is very different from Segenal but also has it’s own wonders. I don’t think I have ever heard anyone else express the emotion that comes out through your writing. Very unique. Keep it up!

    Frank

    14 Apr 09 at 9:47 pm

  15. its amazing how you minimize the burden of daily life in Senegal,between electricity shortage and the countless talibes bothering you each step of the way,between the constant fighting when trying to buy a simple thing and not getting cheated off and the constant No sign you have to show the cabbies when you are walking down the street…..trying to tell everyone yes,I am Toubab but I am not that rich.your pictures show serenity,and they are very beautiful,but I think they are far from reality,everything here is chaotic and stressful,different stress than the one in the US.

    Karim

    18 Apr 09 at 2:45 am

  16. I love the site, and visit fequently…
    Comment on Karims statement:
    I can see where you’re coming from. It sounds like a culture clash. I used to be the same. I visit in-law-family in Dakar, Senegal every year. The first time I visited I had the exact same reaction. Stress over having to haggle over everything in the market, stress because the taxi didn’t come as planned or go as fast as promised, stress over things consuming my time, stress, stress, stress. Because time is valuable (time is money to us Europeans/Americans) right? I have noticed Senegalese people have another attitude to time (annoying when your senegalese dinner guests arrive two hours “late”, but relaxing at the same time, it makes you relax about the whole event). On my visits to Senegal I study life and I’m always amazed at how these people manage to keep calm in any situation. With a “c’est la vie”-attitude. I decided I wanted to adopt this attitude. This has been life changing for me in my daily life at home. I am now more tolerant, manage stress better because I now the world don’t crash if I’m 2 minutes late. C’est la vie…

    Susanne

    28 Apr 09 at 7:48 am

  17. thanks for the comments, everyone. susanne, good point! ‘c’est la vie, c’est l’afrique’ is my motto:)

    karim, yes what you say is true, those stresses are a reality here, but so are the things this diary for the most part chooses to focus on, those moments of serenity, the peace that can be found amid the chaos. i think it is true that every city in the world has both beauty and ugliness. i choose to reflect the beauty, because i love it here, and because i have hope. also, this blog is an account of and reflections on a personal quest, i don’t represent senegal’s tourism industry in any way:)

    Kari

    30 Apr 09 at 5:39 pm

  18. I love you and I haven’t met you yet.

    David

    8 May 09 at 6:19 pm

  19. Kari! So glad you posted these. Please keep us updated about the situation in Cobo. We are praying for you and for the village. With love.

    Angie

    11 Jun 09 at 2:32 am

  20. Hello :-)

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    www.infoafricanow.com

    8 Aug 09 at 2:49 pm

  21. Found your blog via the Road to the Horizon. I love it. Will be coming here more often. Ps. That picture of the tea kettle brought back some fond memories of my childhood in Kenya

    Liz

    1 Sep 09 at 1:36 pm

  22. Thank you so much for your comment on our blog. Your photos are absolutely wonderful! We have lot’s of blog readers that are, like us, adopting from Ethiopia who would really enjoy your blog so I hope you don’t mind if we share your address with them. I’m certain they would enjoy the photos and your first hand accounts of Africa.

    Kris & Staci Hansel

    8 Sep 09 at 1:34 am

  23. I don’t know what happened, but I just realize that it is a long time since I stopped by last. Hope you are doing well.

    Jutta

    11 Nov 09 at 4:58 pm

  24. Looking at your amazing photos make me long for a home I had begun to think was only imagination. Thank you for these visual images which are tangible to my soul!

    Shannon

    20 Nov 09 at 11:12 am

  25. thank you dear friend, i had started to think it was my imagination as well. have you any plans to return?

    Kari

    4 Jan 10 at 9:25 pm

  26. Just stumbled upon your blog, amazing pictures, they tell a great story! I hope you don’t mind if I add a link to you on my blog and I look forward to your future posts!

    Brad

    2 Mar 10 at 8:37 pm

  27. Glad to have discovered your great work, keep it up
    http://www.myspace.com/kinglhotajolof

    King Lhota

    29 Mar 10 at 8:48 pm

  28. I am so impressed I had to save it so I continously go back and read things I may have skimmed

    Money Man

    13 May 10 at 5:29 am

  29. Absolutely love your site! You are an extremely talented and lucky girl…the Lord has truely blessed you.

    Christian Carollo

    7 Jun 10 at 5:33 pm

  30. i demand an update!

    joie

    10 Jun 10 at 11:44 am

  31. I stumbled upon your profile on FB because I once loved a woman named Kari… and what I found there were some of the most beautiful photos I’ve ever seen. You’re truly are lucky to be able to go on your journey. I love photography and your story looks amazing.

    Kenn

    7 Jul 10 at 6:17 am

  32. What a beautiful website! Very nice.

    Sylvia

    17 Aug 10 at 9:52 pm

  33. Kari,

    I really enjoyed your photos. I grew up traveling with my parents (sometimes without) and can appreciate the “nomadic” life. I believe that life is a collection of experiences, and those experiences (good or bad) are what shape us. I am glad to see I am not the only person that subscribes to that theory.

    Much luck and enjoyment in all your future travels…

    Peace,
    Jr.

    Jr. Hunte

    15 Oct 10 at 8:51 am

  34. :)

    maxxxmagician

    12 Nov 10 at 6:09 am

  35. dear kari .you look gorgeous. i wonder when i will see that sweet face? where are you in your travels and are you headed this way any time soon? maybe you’re still in seattle snowbound. im at suzannes: eating turkey/etc. i love you kari suzanne

    aunt char

    25 Nov 10 at 3:02 pm

  36. finally found you again <3

    Kelly

    17 Jan 11 at 10:14 am

  37. Hey girl! How are you doing? Hope all is well. Where are you at these days? TTYL, be safe.

    Christina

    23 Feb 11 at 10:49 am

  38. Kari you are awesome

    Jerry Bartlett

    4 Mar 11 at 6:40 am

  39. Have fun Kari

    Jerry Bartlett

    20 Apr 11 at 2:24 pm

  40. You are amazing and inspiring!

    Molly

    9 Jun 11 at 11:28 am

  41. i demand an update!!!!

    joie

    23 Aug 11 at 11:39 am

  42. More pics please

    Jerry Bartlett

    18 Nov 11 at 7:34 am

  43. :)

    HanaPipers

    9 Feb 12 at 9:01 pm

  44. Glad positive thngis are starting to happen, and that the meeting gave you a chance to go to Dakar. Not so glad for the reasons why, but glad nonetheless. Enjoy the ice cream, and go to the N’ICE cream place.Left by on August 7th, 2006

    Ahmet

    19 May 12 at 12:16 pm

  45. Corina, then I am sure you would also like the Mafe dish I just posted. African food is uslulay easy to cook, and most of the ingredients are not that difficult to find. Given where these dishes come from, the emphasis is on flavour, not the number of ingredients or the sophistication of the techniques. I hope that you’ll cook some of these and let me know what what you think.

    Faiz

    19 May 12 at 7:11 pm

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