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Motorcycles of Africa - Uganda

Consider the humble motorcycle. Commonly known in East Africa as a “boda-boda” (the vibrating sound of a poorly muffled two-stroke engine)…

Dec 7, 2020

Motorcycles of Africa - Uganda

Dec 7, 2020

Seven things to do in the aftermath of a mass shooting:

Grim as it may be to say it, doing these things after a shooting really just means you’re doing them before the next shooting.

May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022

Teens, Guns, Youth Group, and January 6

I remember a specific Wednesday night at my church youth group, sometime back in the early 1990s. At 16, I was probably the oldest of the…

Jan 6, 2022

Teens, Guns, Youth Group, and January 6

Jan 6, 2022

Beware the Return

Going back to the office may be harder than you expect.

Jul 20, 2021

Beware the Return

Jul 20, 2021

Fear and Loathing in Pandemic Parenting

“We were somewhere outside of Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.”

Apr 2, 2021

Fear and Loathing in Pandemic Parenting

Apr 2, 2021

The Himbo Approach to Global Travel

One of the principal reasons I chose my current profession was the appeal of travel. Going places I’d never been. Meeting people I…

Mar 6, 2021

The Himbo Approach to Global Travel

Mar 6, 2021

Robbing Peter to Pay Peter

In a year of turmoil, it was the smallest change that made the biggest difference for me

Mar 4, 2021

Robbing Peter to Pay Peter

Mar 4, 2021

Motorcycles of Africa: Chad

As mentioned in my previous photo essay on motorcycles in Uganda, I regularly find myself spending long stretches of time watching African…

Jan 31, 2021

Motorcycles of Africa: Chad

Jan 31, 2021

Reflections on Winter Solstice 2020

In “Meet me in the Morning” Bob Dylan paraphrases Thomas Fuller, saying “…the darkest hour is right before the dawn.” The phrase contains…

Dec 25, 2020

Reflections on Winter Solstice 2020

Dec 25, 2020

Remembering my Grandfather CJ

My grandfather, Charles “CJ” Swet passed away on Wednesday December 17, 2020. As sad as I am to see him go, the life he lived in his 98…

Dec 23, 2020

Remembering my Grandfather CJ

Dec 23, 2020

Isaac Morrison

Isaac Morrison

Baltimore native, anthropologist, researcher, inventor, potter, writer, and traveler (Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, and bits of Asia).

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