Tag Archives: Expat files – It’s ironic, but tobacco is beautiful. I mean, actually, incredibly beautiful. Lush, bright green, full.I’ve been watching it grow. It’s hard to miss, seeing as though my drive to and from work takes me right through a HUGE tobacco field. And as I drive up to D section on my way home from work, it’s […] I was supposed to fly to England today.“Supposed to” being the key phrase.Have you ever heard of an airline that is renowned for grounding its planes and regularly not flying? I think Air Zimbabwe might be the only one.I had been forewarned of this possibility, and even joked about it with people on the farm […] On Thursday night, when I was hanging out at B section, Helene’s final mare went into labor with her first fowl. Before I knew it, I was being rushed to the scene of the delivery and I watched the whole thing unfold.It was absolutely incredible. It was dark and calm, and yet, in the middle […] In my classroom, on my wall, I’ve got a picture of a female monster and a text-bubble-shaped white board by her mouth. Emily, as Christoph and I call her, delivers Christoph a morning message every day so that he gets some reading practice. Yesterday, the morning message was “It is hot!”. (I’m pleased to report […]  This may be my new second-favorite tree (second to the Willow tree of course). It’s the Jacaranda tree and it’s in full bloom here in Zimbabwe. This tree actually has its origins in Brazil, and is apparently common in some parts of Portugal as well. But I had never seen it before. Until now. They […] |
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