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Queen for a Day!

Near the end of my Peace Corps tour, I received a call from Chicago. It was from the Oprah Winfrey Show. She wanted to know if I would like to be a guest on her Mother's Day Show. "Why of course!". I prepared a short video clip from Senegal for Harpo Studios which was shown on the show. We surprised my daughter who thought I was still in Senegal, with my presence. I was given limosine service and great hotel accomodations. I felt like a queen for a day. What a way to top off my ...
Fulani Wrestling Match

I gathered with my fellow volunteers at my friends village, Warangi, in the central region when his family came in for a visit. As is customary, families of Peace Corps volunteers are always welcome with festivities and cultural displays of gratitude. After we marched through town, complete with drums and dancing, we all settled into our plastic lawn chairs to watch a performance of skill and strength. In Fulani wrestling, unlike modern wrestling matches, it is not neccessary to pin the oppo...
Lunch Prepared in Dambarra, Sierra Leone

"It takes a village" not only to educate, but to eat too!
Katy and KT Sierra Leone

Katy holds "KT", her namesake.
Sierra Leone Travel Motorcycle

Motocycles, better than walking? Most of the time. Good ol' Hondas were tough, but not tougher than Sierra Leone!
National Youth Service - Computer Class

This is a group of my students at the National Youth Service - Yatta School of Agriculture in Yatta, Eastern Province, Kenya. They are all learning how to use the computer for the first time.
Yawei Ferry River Crossing

My Peace Corps home was the town of Pujehun, scattered along the meandering banks of the Waanje River and pushing back against the pervasive tropical rain forest of southern Sierra Leone. The town was 40 miles south of the city of Bo but only 20 miles north of the Atlantic Ocean. However, there was no road south through the coastal waterways and swamps. Therefore the crusty road to Bo was the shortest route to needed supplies and a link to the rest of the world. The road was an undulating...
Street Child with Child

One of the street children in my town.
Playing with my students

Sometimes as a teacher, I took the kids outside to play English games.
Nosy Ve

Sailing to nosy ve in a dug out canoe

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