telophase: (Gorilla - exasperated)
telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2006-04-16 02:55 pm

Africa letters

And now for another round of announcing, since there's been enough new people starting to hang out here: when I was a kid from the ages of four to six, my family lived in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania* while Dad did research for his PhD in wildlife science.** Mom wrote a bunch of letters home to my grandparents, and one of my ongoing projects has been to type them all in. I'm about 3/4 of the way through right now.

Anyway, I've been posting them under filter and tagging them with africa letters (ETA: there's now over 100 letters, so the tag function won't pull up all of them - I'm changing the tags as we speak to "africa letters 1974" "africa letters 1975" and "africa letters 1976"). If you'd like to be on that filter and read them, drop a note here and let me know and I'll put you on it.




* This is why Toto's "Africa" can get me all teary-eyed and nostalgic at inopportune moments.

** He didn't study anything cool, like lions or whatnot: his dissertation had something to do with grass heights and bird species. :D

[identity profile] blades-of-ice.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I know you've made posts about this before since I friended you, but I don't know why I never asked to be on the filter. Sounds really interesting!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You should be on it now. :D

[identity profile] gryfeathr.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I also do not know why I ahve no volunteered for th filter before. I'd love to see them as well!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You're on it now!
harukami: (:B)

[personal profile] harukami 2006-04-16 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I must admit you got me curious. I wouldn't be offended if you didn't, as I'm a near-stranger, but if you DON'T mind, I'd be curious to take a look!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Added!

[identity profile] keelieinblack.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too, please, if you don't mind--they sound interesting!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You're on!
trobadora: (Default)

[personal profile] trobadora 2006-04-16 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too, please - this sounds very interesting!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I just changed the tags, too, since there were over 100 letters. africa letters 1974 (http://telophase.livejournal.com/tag/africa+letters+1974), africa letters 1975 (http://telophase.livejournal.com/tag/africa+letters+1975), africa letters 1976 (http://telophase.livejournal.com/tag/africa+letters+1976), and africa letters notes (http://telophase.livejournal.com/tag/africa+letters+notes) will get them all.
kate_nepveu: sleeping cat carved in brown wood (Default)

[personal profile] kate_nepveu 2006-04-17 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, whoops. Yes please?

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-17 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
You're in! The most recent post in the "africa letters notes" tag has the new tags for all of them.
kate_nepveu: sleeping cat carved in brown wood (Default)

[personal profile] kate_nepveu 2006-04-17 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Kewl, thanks. I shall keep them for lovely procrastination when I am at work. =>

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-17 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, you too can now be entertained my my mom's thrilling instructions to her mom for embroidery thread! XD

[identity profile] kintail.livejournal.com 2006-04-17 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm curious, please let me see?

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2006-04-17 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
You're on!