So long, farewell…

Tsamaea hantle Lesotho!! Not the post I had intended to write but life got in the way. If you haven’t heard, because of COVID-19 all Peace Corps volunteers globally are being evacuated back to the USA. So off we go. Three days ago I packed my life in bags in two hours, said hurried farewells […]

75 Steps to a Largely Successful Trip to Cape Town: Enjoying Small Victories

Meet travel buddy at PC office. Celebrate the beginning of vacation! Get ride from office to Pioneer Mall to get food for the bus Armed with food supplies, get a ride to Cafe What Successfully eat lunch (vacations should always start with nachos and milkshakes) Walk to border gate (note: get a ride next time) […]

Art Gallery

One of my goals for my time in Lesotho has been to work on developing my art. Some of that comes in the form of photography. Some in crafts. The rest is in sketchbooks. Thanks to encouragement from family and friends, I am sharing some of my drawings here. Some are abstract, some are concept […]

Reflection

First step- go find the song Reflection from the movie Mulan and play it. It’s a great song. Second step- think back about the last twelve months. Think about highs and think about lows. Think about random stuff that falls in the middle. Think about new friends, old friends, lost friends, found friends. Think about […]

Christmas in the Clouds

I have never given someone a kitten for Christmas before. I see it in movies all the time. Little kids opening a box under the tree and little fuzzy head popping out. Adorable and heartwarming. Well, now I’ve done it. Sorta. None of these little Hallmark moments include the behind the scenes of Santa shoving […]

Mountain Tales: Season 2 Premiere

I’m back!! After a long and frustrating glitchy-tech-induced hiatus, I am pleased to welcome you all back. Over the next week, I will be be posting a series of updates from the last two months. They are not necessarily in order or related. Enjoy! Here’s a list of just a few of the things you […]

Maternity Ward

My cat had her kittens!! There are now four new fuzzballs in the world. Having little squeaking fuzzies to come home to every day has definitely been good for my mental health. I love them and Arwen has been a great mama so far. They are a little over three weeks old now and starting […]

New Kids on the Block

Welcome to the new cohort of Peace Corps Lesotho volunteers. At the end of September, 59 new Americans arrived in country, ready to start their three months of training and then two years of service. I got to meet them when I arrived at training to lead a few of the sessions and they seem […]

Where’s There’s Smoke, There’s Fire

Yesterday, I got to see my community’s version of firefighting. As the daughter of a volunteer firefighter back in the States, I’ve often wondered what the Lesotho approach would be to a fire out in the boonies where I live. After all, it’s acres upon acres of grassland, and now at the end of the […]

Bye, Bye Winter! Hello Spring!

It’s that time of year. It’s warming up. There are baby animals being born; I’m particularly fond of the fuzzy little lambs. And the peach trees are now getting their flowers. Where bare branches disappeared into the landscape, now fluffy pink patches dot the fields and villages. There are several around my house and I […]