Badger Pass, Yosemite National Park, 2010

Badger Pass, Yosemite National Park, 2010

Towering pines are covered in fresh snow on the road through Badger Pass and into Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, December 2010.

Ten Days into the Research Trip, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009

Ten Days into the Research Trip, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009

Me, sun-burned from a day-trip to Negash and ten days in the harsh Tigrinyan sun, heading back to Mek’ele at the end of the day.

I visited the Negashi mosque and the Bet Ammanuel Maakos (Markos? It’s what the sign says.) Church, which I shall post photos of soon. The headphones are for my iPod, which allows me to listen to iTunesU courses and the Best of CBC Radio’s Ideas podcasts which I downloaded when I still had fast internet. If you are traveling (or even if you aren’t)–I highly recommend both as a great way to pass large blocks of time while educating oneself.