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 […]

Take a Hike

Well, my sprained ankle only took six months to heal but it has now done so! And I tested it by doing a few hikes. First I hiked to Yaya’s house with her. It took us five and half hours to walk 13 miles, losing and then regaining about 2,500 ft in elevation. We had […]

Southern Skies

Get ready for some fun facts! Here we go. Fun fact number one: I have an astronomy degree and you have to put up with some getting stellar education right now. Actually I suppose you don’t. You could stop reading if you really wanted to. Fun fact number two: Lesotho is in the Southern Hemisphere […]

The Circle of Life

Alright, alright, alright! Let’s get this show on the road! First off, it’s has been a crazy past few weeks! It’s been awesome and busy and epic. So sorry it’s taken this long to tell you all about it! So, here goes. Last I left you, I had just gotten back from my first vacation, […]

Bring Your Fire

Last week I took my first ever vacation in Peace Corps. And what a vacation it was! I spent two days travelling to the pick up point where I met the others going on vacation with me. These two days included taxis, hiking, and even hitch-hiking. It was long but surprisingly efficient. Waiting for a […]

The Village Bulletin

So this has been a very busy week in my tiny mountain village. Last weekend, there was an event. A party, a celebration, a religious experience, a ceremony… I’m not entirely sure. I never got a clear explanation. However I do know that some people were returning to the village after being gone a […]

Winter is Coming

Alright, life is getting normal. After several weeks of holidays, trainings, and incomplete school weeks, we are finally in a stretch with full five day school weeks. I’m finally feeling productive. I’ve started teaching my kids algebra- a new and terrifying adventure in mathematics. For those of you out there who haven’t taken algebra since […]

Context is Crucial

Tonight folks we tune in to another episode of Lesotho Taxi Adventures… This past week I have been away from site and back in the village where I did my first three months of training. Why? More training. It was really nice to see my host mother again, although I didn’t miss the pokey bed […]