ADDENDA & FOLLOW-UP TO ALBANIA DISPATCHES #1 Dec. 21, 1999

From: Cdcphotog@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:22:07 EST
Subject: Albania addenda -#1
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ADDENDA & FOLLOW-UP TO ALBANIA DISPATCHES #1


Report on Kosi who definitely is more popular than Ross Perot: Kathy
reports that Kosi has begun life #3 in the Balkans. When Kathy left, Kosi had
been ìadoptedî by the IRC-Tirana guard house but had really become quite
wild. We wouldnít be surprised if that kitten finds her way to Australia and
shows up Christmas at Body Guard Boydís front door.

Looked up raki in RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY: a spirituous liquor distilled
from grain, grapes (See, Mom!), plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the
Near East. Donít you love ìspirituousî!

I have been corrected about cell phones. They should be referred to as
satellite phones, because regular mobile phones donít work in Albania.

The dispatches are now on the web. Youíd never guess where, but they are on
a chemistry professorís web site. Think heíll get any takers? What could the
assignment be? This came about because my Rice chemistry tutor, Jim Baird,
now at Brown University, and I reconnected on the Internet several yrs. ago
and have been talking ever sinceó2 times in person. Heís a soft-hearted
person who likes some of my silliness and snippets, so there, you have it:
jcbmac.chem.brown.edu

Below is a fascinating response from Suzanne Wozniak who gave me permission
to send to you. Does the Mafia stuff sound familiar?

I am glad that you are back safe and sound. What an incredible experience
for you. Thank you for forwarding your daily impressions to me, and sharing
your thoughts about what you saw. I can only imagine that you were able to
get some wonderful pictures of some very devastating and emotionally
provoking sites of the living conditions in Albania. I also am thankful that
I live in the United States. Each time I go to another country, I see what I
have taken for granted or griped about back at home. I cannot believe how
badly so many of our fellow human beings are living. It hurts me to see the
terrible graft, and the fear of the brutes and bullies that there always seem
to be so many of. When Steve and I went to Lithuania, we were shown the Mafia
stores and Mafia cars. We talked to the Apple Russia crew, and all they
talked about was the Mafia there; how the computers would be stolen between
the time they left the top floor and the time the few left reached the street
to be shipped. They also told us of the people that were shot and killed over
computers and computer parts. It is too sad. When we went to Sri Lanka and
also to South Africa, we saw people living in abject poverty. There are so
many places I have not been, and I know that it is worse there. Thank you for
reminding me once again how good I have it here. I am looking forward to your
book and photographs. I hope that many people will see through your eyes how
we have to take care of each other. Suzanne


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