Tag: PCVL

  • Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, Oct. 2013 – Oct 2014

    Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, Oct. 2013 – Oct 2014

    My last post, was almost nine months overdue. Posted in August of 2014, it was referencing October of 2013, as I put together my belongings once again, and boarded a plane headed back to Zambia for my extension as a Peace Corps Volunteer Leader. That leaves quite a bit of time in between. Time that…

  • The Chibwantu Machine!

    The Chibwantu Machine!

    Trying my hand at an old Atlas manual grain mill. The maize kernels are taken, ground into a thick cut maize, an then that maize is used to make a local cooked maize/water drink known as Chibwantu. The grinders can also be adjusted to a finer cut, which can be used to make mealie meal…