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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)…

5 min readDec 7, 2020

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Motorcycles of Africa - Uganda

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Isaac Morrison

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.

2 min readMay 26, 2022

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Isaac Morrison

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…

5 min readJan 6, 2022

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Teens, Guns, Youth Group, and January 6

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Isaac Morrison

Beware the Return

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

2 min readJul 20, 2021

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Beware the Return

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Isaac Morrison

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.”

4 min readApr 2, 2021

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Fear and Loathing in Pandemic Parenting

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Isaac Morrison

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…

5 min readMar 6, 2021

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The Himbo Approach to Global Travel

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Isaac Morrison

Robbing Peter to Pay Peter

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

4 min readMar 4, 2021

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Robbing Peter to Pay Peter

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Isaac Morrison

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…

4 min readJan 31, 2021

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Motorcycles of Africa: Chad

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Isaac Morrison

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…

1 min readDec 25, 2020

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Reflections on Winter Solstice 2020

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Isaac Morrison

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…

6 min readDec 23, 2020

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Remembering my Grandfather CJ

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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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