16 May 2012 As readers of our blog, you are probably quite familiar with our attempts at gardening here in Swaziland. Well… we’ve done it again. After returning from our trip to Victoria Falls, we were excited to see that the Grade 6s had joined us down in the school’s garden area with their own … Continue reading »
Guest Blogger: Jane Semrow
Daily Life in Swaziland – Oliver and Rebecca live in a cozy concrete house on the school grounds and have a thriving garden. Rebecca has made their dwelling a comfortable home and has every room organized just so. With limited space, having things so well organized helps their household operate at maximum efficiency and helps … Continue reading »
Semrow’s Trip Photos
Here is a brief slideshow showing some of the highlights from our trip with the Semrows. It was an awesome expierence and we have so many great memories. Check back in a few days for Mom’s guest blog post.
Guest Blogger: Bryan Semrow
My name is Bryan Semrow, and as a 49 year old Wisconsin native, there are many things that make up my “bucket list: visiting Alaska and Hawaii (on the same trip!), owning a crossbow (don’t ask me why, I just think they are cool), having a well trained dog (a guy can dream can’t he?), … Continue reading »
Library Projects
April 13, 2012 The third grade class has been learning about characters this term. One of the activities we did was to read the story Cinderella and then each student had to draw a character from the story. Some of the drawings were very easy to identify- Cinderella in a blue dress. Some of them … Continue reading »
Skyping with Ryan
April 5, 2012 Last week I was in charge of leading morning assembly. That meant that I was also in charge of “dealing” with the late comers. I chose to hold detention during break time but I also wanted to do something to reward the students who came to school on time regularly. The grade … Continue reading »
Reading List
I love reading and I love making lists. Unfortunately, right before embarking on the most ambitious, crazy busy , and stressful adventure of my life, I decided to combine these two loves and make a booklist to guide my two years of Peace Corps reading. I figured that without the ability to play Animal Crossing … Continue reading »
Food in the Kingdom: Part II
Oliver: As we sit down to write this post we have just finished dinner and are treating ourselves to some of the Reese’s Pieces that have found their way across the ocean in a care package from home (thanks again). While most people that we’ve talked with from back home expect that we are eating … Continue reading »
Marula Festival at Hlane
March 4, 2012 This past weekend was the much anticipated Marula Festival at one of the Royal Residences about 20km down the road from our school. For weeks we have been hearing about this event from everyone in our community and urged to attend ourselves. This, combined with the offer for transport to and from … Continue reading »
Food in the Kingdom: Part 1
Rebecca: Joining Peace Corps, you kind of expect to have a garden. You also expect to eat healthy and learn to cook all kinds of crazy things. At home our gardening experiences were limited to growing zucchini in Oliver’s parents backyard (read: planting the seeds and then making Oliver’s parents weed and water, the veggies … Continue reading »
