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    Cuba beyond the beach

    April 1, 2016

    Cuba exceeded my expectations: beautiful weather, wholesome people, and a divided reality.  The young woman who we were invited to tutor in English conversation turned out to be a professor of art appreciation.  She loved Gusty's Gift and translated it into Spanish....

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    Childrens' Book to Support Primary Education in Africa

    February 10, 2016

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    available on Amazon.com in English and Spanish

    An uplifting tale when Honey Badger discovers his gift and made a new friend.

     

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    Mozambique lighting project begins

    February 9, 2016

    Using solar power, lighting is being provided to households in a Mozambique village.  These are families we met in 2014 during a Habitat for Humanity trip to construct houses.  She said: having light at my home is a dream I believe God is real faithful,. Thank you very...

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    Flaming Lily

    February 6, 2016

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    New book, Flaming Lily, in progress. In Flaming Lily, the biracial teen, now 17, goes to study under an Italian masher painter and must learn how the culture of Italy challenges a young woman innocent of its ways.

     

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    Latest work in Africa

    February 6, 2016

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    VillageSteps update winter 2015

    Winter 2015-16 Update

     

    Sponsorship of university students

    VillageSteps has sponsored 4 university students through their graduation. 

    Currently, two new university students are being supported.

     

    Peter* is a 17 year old boy living in Zambia in one of the remote places of Lu...

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    VillageSteps newsletter

    May 14, 2014

    Here is what is happening at our African projects in southern Africa.

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    Mothers Day, 2014

    May 11, 2014

    The day was especially happy for me, welcoming a new grandson, visiting with my children for a brunch, and seeing the cards the grandchildren had made. As I watched them interact with each other, and make their choices on the menu, I recalled taking our first group of...

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    Critique group, A Passing Grade, and A Girl Named Cortina.

    April 2, 2014

    :Your job is to dream, mine is to make it happen" as quoted by Harvey H., one of my critique group members in talking to his wife. What a good line!

    Today we shared pickup lines, in addition to reading our stories, poems, and plays to each other. When you share a number...

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    The other side of Africa

    April 2, 2014

    I am rereading The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta and thinking how interesting it would be to meet this author. The book cover says she is now living in London.

    My current work is a memoire on an Ashanti man who lived with us in Ghana, and again in the U.S. His story is...

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    On Writing

    March 31, 2014

    If an image speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

    Fredericc Buechner: Be still and know that I am God, is good literary advice. Be still like

    Tolstoy.

    as you check out this blog, what are your favorite quotes? I can still remember a child's

    remark when he saw a grebe sliding...

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    Cuba beyond the beach

    April 1, 2016

    Childrens' Book to Support Primary Education in Africa

    February 10, 2016

    Mozambique lighting project begins

    February 9, 2016

    Flaming Lily

    February 6, 2016

    Latest work in Africa

    February 6, 2016

    VillageSteps newsletter

    May 14, 2014

    Mothers Day, 2014

    May 11, 2014

    Critique group, A Passing Grade, and A Girl Named Cortina.

    April 2, 2014

    The other side of Africa

    April 2, 2014

    On Writing

    March 31, 2014

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