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Monthly Archives: June 2018
Gratitude: Work to do
I was worried I would have a hard time filling my last few weeks at site; instead, the opposite is happening. I have a variety of paperwork and projects to tie up before I move, plus I am leading the … Continue reading
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Two years in the Peace Corps in numbers
Today is my second anniversary of arriving in Swaziland. Now I live in a country called eSwatini. Like the name of this country, many other things have changed. Or been broken, disappeared, or accumulated. When I first started thinking about … Continue reading
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Wednesday photo: Drama
It turns out my students in English club love acting in skits. We did some gender-themed skits last week, then again yesterday, and now today. Yesterday’s skits were created after each student received a word and that word had … Continue reading
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Wednesday photo: Chicken words
While flipping through the dictionary last night I found two new-to-me and exciting words about chickens: kukekela and kelukelwane. Kukekela means to cackle, specifically the noise a hen makes after laying an egg. I know from living with so … Continue reading
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Gratitude: Resting while sick
I have had a cold since Bushfire, and it has controlled my life. Fortunately I have been able to sleep in more than usual because my bobhuti have been playing less music. I did not get much of anything else … Continue reading
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