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isn’t all good, isn’t all bad

September 1, 2015by gretchenbaldwin 2 Comments

“…altogether too much of life is mood.” —Renata Adler, Speedboat People I am trying to be right now: a daughter who will come home soon, a cousin who will stay […]

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France

Blitz chess

April 24, 2015by gretchenbaldwin Leave a comment

If we are friends, then we’ve discussed how much I love Buea. Mount Cameroon keeps cloud cover at a maximum (freckled, sunburn-y blanche over here, people. I am Jack’s ever-present skin cancer […]

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Cameroon

all is flux

April 9, 2015by gretchenbaldwin 3 Comments

Global citizens, I don’t care about what you once thought was the most beautiful music on the planet because it has been replaced by Carrie & Lowell. I was going […]

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Cameroon

analogbook

February 27, 2015by gretchenbaldwin 2 Comments

I don’t have much in the way of accompanying words for this, and I assume that’s fine, given the nature of the photos. When I graduated from high school, one […]

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Cameroon, Journals

And then you go and make yourself a sandwich.

February 24, 2015by gretchenbaldwin 3 Comments

You know you’ve spent too much time in sub-Saharan Africa when: you rip your favorite pants while re-boarding the bus you evacuated not three minutes earlier, and are more concerned about […]

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Cameroon

c’est ainsi

October 24, 2014by gretchenbaldwin 4 Comments

2014 will officially be the first year in which I spend more time outside of the United States than inside it (and, if all goes according to plan, 2015 will […]

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Cameroon

“I think we’re out of money,” or: How not to travel in Burundi if you value stability as a central part of your life

March 28, 2014by gretchenbaldwin 1 Comment

From March 14 to March 22, I had plans to travel in the Great Lakes Region of Africa with a friend from college. We had next to no plans beyond […]

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Burundi

Dubai: Land of the Mall

March 28, 2014by gretchenbaldwin Leave a comment

48 hours’ layover, Dubai is enticing and repulsive all at once. Like any big city, there is a pull to know it and be known by it–I want to be […]

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United Arab Emirates

The world will take care of you: Turkey

March 28, 2014by gretchenbaldwin Leave a comment

After Cappadocia, our weird group of solo travelers split up, some for home, some for the next country, and some for elsewhere in-country. R and I went first to Pamukkale, […]

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Turkey

Never say no, and plan nothing.

March 11, 2014by gretchenbaldwin 7 Comments

Turkey was going to be my extreme loner time. I had two weeks in-country, and assumed that I would make friends at hostels, occasionally hang out with them, and then […]

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