Ball-Burgess Adventures
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Hi I am a freelance author and author of two children's books. I moved here with my husband and 2 children. My husband is an agricultural consultant. We moved here from Bermuda a few months ago. We also speak Hebrew.
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What a Year! 2012
Posted on 28/12/2012
Hi everyone, It has been several months since I wrote in this blog. Even though I haven't written anything here for a while my mind has been turning over with thoughts while my journey...
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Dancing for my son's birthday (Update)
Posted on 14/05/2012
Hi everyone and Happy Mother's Day yesterday!Remember several months ago I promised that I'd keep you updated on my progress with learning traditional dances here in Kenya? Well I...
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When I'm Not Blogging...
Posted on 29/04/2012
It's been a while since I posted on this blog. The proverbial blank page is not synonymous with a lack of exciting topics to write about however. Every day my experiences here are...
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Digital Postcard from Nairobi
Posted on 19/03/2012
A letter from one culture to another Dear Bermuda,It has been seven months since I've been in Kenya. I haven't seen a lion yet and my children are not starving. Please consult...
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Lavender Lullabies
Posted on 15/03/2012
It’s evening time. Just sitting here at my computer…again. Husband is reading and the kids are dreaming about magic keys that glow and hot flowing lava that sparkles blue and...
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Dancing to the Beat of Your Own (African) Drum
Posted on 12/02/2012
"As a person dances so the drums are beaten for them"- An Igbo ProverbHappy 31st Birthday to Me! Photo taken by my 4 year old sonA friend of mine once told me, "Joanne,...
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Billboards & the Girl Next Door
Posted on 12/01/2012
Advertisements, commercialism, images of beautiful people and things that we don't have. It's all around us. I have a fascination with advertisements and their power to influence...
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I bless the rains down in Africa (as long as it...
Posted on 18/12/2011
For the past 3 weeks I've been in the middle of writing two new stories as well as facilatating entrepeneurship training with young, ambitious Kenyan entrepeneures at the m:lab. I...
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A Chat with Debbie
Posted on 30/11/2011
Recently I was asked my my author friend Debbie to do a second interview with her. Weekly she interviews authors and posts the interviews on her blog. Bellow is the link for my interview...
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Ordinary is my Muse
Posted on 27/11/2011
A small section of our Garden. Planted by the non-gardener me:)Masai bracelets and Silly BandsMonday Morning: As the Nairobi sun beams through the Jacaranda trees it beckons me to be...
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