Gaborone, Botswana: Incredibly busy and productive dayI must have woken up on the hard working side of the bed today because by 7:30 am I was ready for a full day’s work and I had to hold myself back till 8:00am because that’s when the centre opens. I took in three banana loaves that I […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Happy birthday Sunita Tried skyping but it was a bust. So I’ve resorted to the blog to wish my daughter a happy birthday and by the time you get this, it’ll be your birth time. Have a happy day. The group of Inuit students came to the centre today for a presentation from […]

Kalahari Desert, Botswana: Weekend in Ghanzi at the 6th annual Kuru Dance Festival with the San peopleI have not blogged for a few days and I’ve been getting some concerned and cryptic emails from family and friends. Pat I’m okay. Paul – no I did not hurt my hands gardening and can’t write L. I […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Moving Day – AgainToday was another moving day for me. I moved to Barbara’s house this afternoon. I’ll be house sitting while they are vacationing in Canada. There was a bit of an emergency. Her husband Wayne is a presenter at the AIDS conference and he forgot his poster and papers at home […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Botswana burning…..Not quite…. it’s only our rubbish pile I got to the centre this morning and the first thing out of Sepho’s mouth was a very surprised “Mama Sandra!!!” They’ve never seen me in jeans and a T-shirt going to work so their surprise was genuine. I even walked with my shovel and […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Checked out organic garden This grey water system is so fascinating to me that I really think that we can install one at the centre and make it work. At the same time, we can make a garden at the back in an area that I think was supposed to be a spot […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Results day I wish I had something interesting to say about today but the day was a totally blah day. This morning I had a couple of surprises waiting for me. One was the installation of a washing machine which was donated to the centre in April but was never hooked up. I […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Learning about grey-water systems First I have to mention about last evening’s dinner theatre at Gaborone Sun. Kathy and I went to the hotel and it looks very much like the old colonial hotels in Guyana complete with the wicker furniture. It was quite lovely and looked very elegant. I think it has […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Planning for Okavanga Delta and ChobeI went to the travel agent in Riverwalk mall today to see if I could get a quotation to go to the Okavanga Delta as well as Chobe Park. They gave me a quote last week and I needed to make some adjustments to the schedule. I came […]

Gaborone, Botswana: Emily’s last day and the farewell songThis morning when I came in, it was cold and some of the students were huddled in the kitchen. The others were outside sweeping the yard. They do that every morning with brooms made from the ribs of the palm leaves. We used to call them pointer […]