Thirty-five years ago, I read Blackberry Winter, anthropologist Margaret Mead’s autobiography about
her early years. I wondered why she went
on for pages about her preparations to work in places such as Samoa, but not
now. Mind you, I never work anyplace where you cannot buy batteries, nor am I
gone for years at a time. But even a modest, short term project like ours
requires a lot of gear: cameras, batteries, a laptop, electricity converters, a portable
data projector, the American Heritage
Dictionary, wiffle balls, wiffle bats, and an American football. I could go
on, but you get the idea.
My friend and colleague, Dr. Kathryn Sharp (pictured above), loaned me her
largest valise and included a traveler’s journal. But when I measured the suitcase, I found the
combined total of its height, depth and width was 67 inches, and Delta Airlines’
limit is 62. The trips to China had left
my suitcases moribund, so I made my way over to TJ Maxx and got new ones. For a price.
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