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ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
06-21-2005
Commentary: Hosting a group of Masai musicians brings insight into how life should be lived

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Here now, a story about the value of unexpected visitors. It's from commentator Marika Partridge. Marika tells us that her life was crowded with the responsibilities that come with being a wife, a mother and a caregiver to her aging father, and then she received an e-mail.

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