Collecting Things

Today, we explored two craft markets in Ezulwini Valley, one of the few true tourist things we’ve done while our class has been in eSwatini. I bought a candle for

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Thirteen-Year-Old Jordan and Dead Mice

I guess when I signed up for this study abroad summer course, I thought it would all be like the three-day safari we went on in Kruger National Park. I

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“let it be free”

“Let it be free”: an improvised string of words that came out of my mouth at dinner one night.  After having taught a lecture about storytelling earlier that day, our

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Burning a Mountain

After a perfect hike ending at sunset, Jasmine, Helen, Lucy, and I headed back to the hotel. Our taxi snaked around the mountains and I quietly watched the towering silhouettes

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little moments of magic

We’re in Kruger this week! We arrived at Kruger National Park yesterday, despite a couple of complications along the way, eager to go on safari and enjoy the “magic of

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Recording A Moment

Helen, Wanjiku, and I had been editing the most recent weekly assignment- a short practice film- for 2 hours already when a notification popped up on all our phones. We

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