This is just to say

This Is Just To Say
 

by William Carlos Williams

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

Copyright © 1962 by William Carlos Williams.

Poster in Palestinian Primary school classroom

Palestinian Spice chart

Originally uploaded by carrieteicher

The first spice on the chart on the top right says mint and the second one on the top left says zater (hyssop).
This homemade poster was in a classroom in the Western part of the West Bank where there was a PHR mobile clinic over the weekend.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrieteicher/2303138938/

Warning Sign

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Originally uploaded by carrieteicher

This sign is near a huge baobab tree (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baobab_tree) outside Kilifi, which is on the coast in Kenya near the Indian Ocean.
The sign is telling you, without actually saying it, that this is a special voodoo baobab tree and thus you shouldn’t mess around with this tree because well, then that’s messing [...]

are they doing what I think they’re doing?

are they doing what I think they’re doing?

Originally uploaded by carrieteicher

I somehow missed what I think the monkeys are doing when I actually took this photo!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrieteicher/2256710465/

Depressing

This is really depressing. http://whatsmylifeline.org/Teicher/Carrie/09121979  

Hitotoki published online!

http://hitotoki.org/newyork/013

Kenyans

It took Andrew several hours to walk from the hospital where he works to get to the Kisumu airport. He was literally fleeing Nyanza province. He heard that things were going to be bad later that day and that as a half-American and half kikuyo the last place he should remain should be on the [...]

Giraffe and self

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Originally uploaded by carrieteicher

The giraffes name is Laura and she lives in Langata, Kenya.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrieteicher/2238216055/

If you see something, Say something…

All over NYC, especially in the subways or on metro north, there are all these signs from the police that encourage people to report “suspicious behavior”, because it’ll stop the next massive terrorist plot against Americans. Especially in airports throughout the world this message is very clear. However, what is also clear are the signs regarding [...]

Obama at MLK’s church

http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/mlkvideo From the speech:
There is a young, twenty-three year old white woman named Ashley Baia who organizes for our campaign in Florence, South Carolina. She’s been working to organize a mostly African-American community since the beginning of this campaign, and the other day she was at a roundtable discussion where everyone went around telling their story [...]