Tag: tea
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Cold Days and Dream Jobs
The weeks of sunshine deceived me. “I have to wear flip-flops,” I told myself. Also, “it doesn’t matter so much if I forget to bring a tea bag. I don’t NEED to drink tea.” Yesterday I went on a field trip with BMS to the wildlife safari. It was a lovely trip, only the flip-flops…
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10 Quirky Things I Do that Make Me Feel Cool
I’ve noticed, throughout my short life, that most people think they are weird. Often, people will say things like, “I am obsessed with olives.” Then they’ll say, “I know, I’m weird.” But you can tell that they’re not putting themselves down, they think that this quirk makes them unique and interesting. For a long time…
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All This and Sunshine Too
Today is just a happy productive day. I weeded flower beds, went shopping for sunglasses with Jenny, and picked buckets of strawberries, all in one morning and early afternoon. I wish I could take a bath in sunshine instead of water, because I don’t really like water that much. Drinking sunshine instead of water would…
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I Am Alice
I felt like Alice in Wonderland as I stood in the hallway of the big Victorian house, beside my friend Lucia, who looked like a boy but wore a dress. There was a cake on the table. It was covered in blue icing, and there was a sign on it that said “Eat Me.” Lucia…
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A few parting snaps
We are leaving I will miss you, tea I will miss you, little frogs I will miss you, my elephant true love I will miss you, random man selling ties on the street. He was excited when I took a picture of him. Then he said, “where are you from?” “America,” I replied. “Show that…
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The Dangers of Slight Miscommunications
The last agenda for the trip was to see cool animals. Enough with people and shopping. Now before I go further, I will say that except for a short layover in Nairobi, the capital city, all our time in Kenya has been in Kisumu. That is the town where Steven grew up and also the…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 