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I hope ya’ll remember that nice catchphrase, “Now you’re cookin with gas!” Well, I don’t have the gas, but I am cooking. Today it’s soya beans! Pretty exciting I know. Well, lets start off with my stockpile. I purchased 22kg of raw soya beans from a local farm. They use it as animal feed…go figure…the…

Hey all! It’s November 15th, time is flying by. I’ll be picking up mail on the 18th and can’t wait to hear from ya’ll! Be sure to write and to ask me questions! Alternatively you can FB me, or write ma n pa, and ask them to forward questions to me. I’ll get to it!…

Hey All! Sorry I’ve been offline for a while! A lot of you have been writing, commenting, and giving me positive feedback on my blog! Love it! Please keep it up 8) It’s a great morale booster and beneficial to my mental health! You’ve also been asking questions, which I love! I can’t wait to…

Seriously, like an inexhaustible supply of rodent-sized protein, and no, I did not eat ‘im. Termites, black ants, caterpillars, dried fish, strange meat I’ll do. Charcoal roasted mouse… No. Well… Not until I run out of those other things. Oo! On a rediculously exciting note, I now have a pet bat. How you poison a…

Hey all! I know I’ve been quiet for a while. Part of that roller coaster ride. I’ve been really busy with work, and today is my anniversary! One month in Chisunka and making fantastic progress! Last week was crazy and this week has just been a trip! This week is child health week. Twice a…

I’m not sure how to start this off so I’ll just go with the images and feelings I’ve got right now. A little girl dressed up in the family’s only children’s dress, laying in bed, outside her family’s home. Eyes closed, the sun shining across her innocent black skin. A strong man, thin but tough,…

Man oh man! It feels good to be back on track! So Monday it is huh? Well, today started brutally early, around four am with some unpleasantries. I’ve been fighting the good fight since Friday and here’s hoping today was the last of it. Ors- oral rehydration salts gulped down, I set into work. I…

So I know I’m playing fast and loose with the chronological order of my blogging, and I’m sorry for that, but that’s the way of catching up right? So I left you admiring my slick new indoor bathing shelter. That puts us at Monday but Sunday was so important! For one I took a bunch…

Whew, I’m exhausted! Another late night for me. Makes me feel better to use standard time – twenty hours. What a killer weekend and Monday. Got a lot to blog about so let me warm up my blogging thumb with last week. Man did it rush by. Crazy busy… Ha. So, I’d gotten my soya…

Grand adventure today. Twenty to thirty km bike ride in search of the elusive soya bean. There’s a big farm fifteen km away that grows them for animal feed. So I’m gonna try and get ten to fifteen kg for my own consumption and cooking demos after community entry (1st three months actually living in…