Author Archives: Today was Christoph’s 3rd day of school – he knows this, because we are keeping track using straws, which we put in a jar and he counts each day. I learned this from my first practicum teacher and it’s a great way to get students counting by 10s. Once there are 10 straws in the […]  Yesterday, after teaching, I decided to take the leisurely route home and stop to take a few photos of what I see during my drive from my cottage to school. The first picture is a view approaching D section, where I live. In the front, are newly-planted tobacco crops. It turns out that this is […] This entry was written on Sunday, September 18th. The title says it all – today I gained independence, and with only a small bruise to my ego. Allow me to explain:This morning I (finally) moved into my own cottage. I left bright and early with all my belongings, both those that I brought from Canada […] When I was on the flight from New York to Jo’burg, I watched a TV program where Gordon Ramsey was on a culinary tour of Thailand. Between his restaurant stops, he ventured to a monastery and had a private lesson in walking meditation with a monk. The monk explained, as we all already know, that […] It’s hard to know where to begin this blog post, and I’m sure I will be guilty of jumping from subject to subject. There’s just so much to share, and I’ve been putting this “first Zimbabwe” post off for three nights now. Can’t really blame me, though – I am jet-lagged, after all. I suppose […] |
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