This morning I was walking around the ruins of Carthage, in Tunis. I saw the tombs of the babies sacrificed by the ancient people - their first born sons - so that the gods would be pleased and bless their households. Ashes in little stone boxes.....

I then went into Sidi.....where vendors told me that every deal was the best deal, that I was their friend. Every woman had 'beautiful' eyes...a lovely smile. Drank the sweetest teeth-jarring mint tea on a balcony overlooking the uniform blue and white houses...still thinking about those children, babies....all dusty in their premature coffins.....