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Sessions: "He Clearly Doesn't Know a Whole Lot of Anything"
I wrote this entry before leaving the States but never found an appropriate time to post. Why not now, a few days after the inauguration of our new President? Might as well start getting used to the...
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Take That, Jeff Sessions!
In an almost perfect coda to last week's entry, I am posting the latest graphs formulated by the inimitable Angi Stone-MacDonald showing the results of last year's cohort in their first six months of...
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Joyce to the World
Hey everybody, hope all are well. Busy, busy, busy here in the Mosh with Carla here on her annual "40 days and 40 nights"trip to Tanz plus my Aunty Jane and her friend Marie-Louise who, after a week...
View ArticleMy NEW Valentine (Not My Blue Valentine)
No half-forgotten dreams nor pebbles in my shoes (that's for all you Tom Waits fans out there), this post is an homage to the holiday of St. Valentine's, a day for lovers to celebrate love in all its...
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Postcards From the Edge
Well, hel-lo there! Sorry for the long silence, things have been cah-razy busy in the hizzy, and I've not had time to write!!Carla is "out of Africa," as they say, and safely back in the United...
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"Word."
A versatile declaration, originating (more or less) in hip-hop culture.Has no single meaning, but is used to convey a casual sense of affirmation, acknowledgement, agreement. Check out this recent...
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Follow the Leader
This past week, we underwent some drama with the teachers and their lack of motivation. I would have been at my wit's end (done under also by a bout of amoebic dysentery - NOT pretty) except that wee...
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Marrs Attacks!
Do you guys remember the movie "Mars Attacks!"? It was a Tim Burton sort of dark comic sci-fi that came out in 1996?? Jack Nicholson as the fictional POTUS uttered these words, which somehow ring...
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From Zanzibar, with Love
Hi all, a little late to post this one as we have been back from Zanzibar a week now; but we did not come back alone, rather with a flu somewhere on par with the Bubonic, so forgive my tardiness in...
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Printed Hints
Hi everyone, and apologies once again for the long delay in posting. Things got quite hectic after our Zanzibar trip and the subsequent flu we suffered. Then, it was two weeks back in Moshi full-on...
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Usonji Month
I think most of you will remember that April 2nd of every year is World Autism Awareness Day or in Kiswahili, Siku ya Usonji Duniani. You can refresh your memories with our posts from last year...
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Graph Math
Yo yo yo, hey there everybody, and many salaams from a cold and windy New York City. I have been back in the States just about one week and, aside from missing Drogo (the best housecat in all of...
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Maximum Capacity
Hi all, and happy May Day to you. Check out this article from The Citizen dated April 25th.In Swahili, uwezo means "capacity" or "capability." The piece below discusses inequity of access to quality...
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Lady Leaders
Not too long after we enacted the Toa Nafasi leadership intervention for our teaching staff (http://toanafasi.blogspot.com/2017/03/follow-leader.html), this article was posted in The Tanzania Daily...
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Give Him the Green Light!
Check out this very latest action from the ever full-o'-surprises, President Trump, which was posted on Devex yesterday.Surprisingly, one day after playing Unpredictable Despot, Trump tapped his inner...
View ArticleJust Because
Hi guys, and pole sana for being silent. I've been working on stuff that does not make the best material for blog entries!To make up for that, I took some time to go through footage from the Toa...
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"Every Schoolgirl a Pad"
The title of this week's post refers to the headline of an article I found in the Tanzania Daily News, marking Menstrual Hygiene Day 2017, which was May 28th.Although it concerns schoolchildren of a...
View ArticleLet's Get Wet!
As everyone knows, I am currently in New York, attending to various matters stateside; then headed to Perth, Australia in just three weeks for the biennial IASE (International Association of Special...
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Pitch Tents, Not Fits
Hi guys. I bet you never thought this day would never come. I certainly didn't.The tent at Mnazi Primary School is pitched! A year and a half after we first came up with this idea to tackle...
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