I’m Glenna Gordon, an American photographer and journalist, presently commuting between West Africa and Brooklyn. Previously, I lived in Liberia. And before that, I lived in Uganda. I’ve traveled and worked in over a dozen countries in Africa.
This blog is named after a found object — a plastic lion that was in a crate of discarded items a friend and a few other artists had gathered. I sat on their roof in Nakasero, Kampala sorting through the crate. On that day, I was looking for something. “You are lost!” a Uganda might say. But, I’d found this discarded kid’s toy, made in China on the cheap, that somehow ended up in East Africa. Something about the hollowed out, paint-chipped figurine appealed to my understanding of this place: I’d never seen a real lion, after all.
... on Why Invisible Children can’t explain away this photo 
It’s my brother Grant’s birthday.* Go over there and wish him a good one… he’s in the bush now, but back online in a couple of days.
*What’s the use of having a rather public blog if not to broadcast family occasions? Normal posting will resume tomorrow.
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Tweets that mention Scarlett Lion | HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT ! -- Topsy.com says:
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by scarlettlion, scarlettlion. scarlettlion said: Today is @grantmgordon 's birthday. All the kids in my neighborhood and I wish him a good one! Check out the cuteness: http://bit.ly/bgVgym [...]
— August 2, 2010 @ 5:37 pm
jina says:
Dude. Awesome. That kid with the ! is hilarious with the D, too, but the girl with the A/I/R is my fave. They must have thought you a CRAZY white woman-o.
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— August 5, 2010 @ 7:52 am
Glenna says:
They already think I’m the crazy white woman, but now I’m the crazy white woman who made them hold up paper and then bought them candy. Yesterday morning the A/I/R girl asked me for more paper. Sorry small pekin, next time! I said. It was a very fun twenty minute activity on Monday morning.
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— August 5, 2010 @ 9:05 am
Judy Gordon says:
Hi sweetie – this must be the best and most unique birthday greeting ever – certainly better than skywriting, anyone with bucks can make that happen!
I love it!
from the mom of the crazy white woman and the birthday boy
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— August 9, 2010 @ 5:01 pm