Il ne reste que 3 jours avant le voyage. 4 mois, en effet 5 ans, de 'préparation'.
3 days left before my trip. 4 months of preparation; actually, 5 years since this particular 'dream' was born.
Some of you will appreciate it when I add that yesterday I enjoyed a croissant for a late night snack.
My next entry from Kaolack, I hope.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Yes!
The reality of my upcoming month is beginning to make itself felt. I woke up on this cool, sunny Albertan Sunday morning thinking, this is the second last Sunday before I leave. Then, the NEXT Sunday, I will wake up in Kaolack. :-)
Yesterday, one of the people I have been communicating with in Senegal, Jessica, had her goodbye party and the photos - lovely- were posted on 10,000 Girls Facebook. Jessica looked a bit as I imagined her to be. I saw some others of the young women I will be working with. Dafa nékh. Possibly not the correct phrase to say - Cest bon! or Yes!
The director, Viola Vaughn is organizing a new project which involves what my family still loves to do: canning and making jam. This will be out of bissap; jus de bissap. They need canning jars which can be ordered and shipped through Amazon Link to the Masson 8, 12, 16 oz canning jars. If you feel so inclined. On my side, hope to pack a few jars in my already up-to-the-limit luggage. :-)
I hope I have Internet access in Senegal and can make this a more chatty newsy blogg, complete with pictures. Maybe I can even write some entries in French for my friends who feel more comfortable in this belle langue.
I am now reading: L'Oympe des Infortunes by Yasmina Khadra, Trois Femmes Puissants, by Marie Ndiaye; La Disparition du bébé chocolat de Andrée Poulin et L' Échappée belle d'Anna Gavalda. J'ai trouvé un librarie francophone ici à Edmonton! En fait il y a l'U of A Campus Saint - Jean, Edmonton.
For those who would like a few words of Wolof: Wolof-Français. contes Wolof en français et Wolof
Yesterday, one of the people I have been communicating with in Senegal, Jessica, had her goodbye party and the photos - lovely- were posted on 10,000 Girls Facebook. Jessica looked a bit as I imagined her to be. I saw some others of the young women I will be working with. Dafa nékh. Possibly not the correct phrase to say - Cest bon! or Yes!
The director, Viola Vaughn is organizing a new project which involves what my family still loves to do: canning and making jam. This will be out of bissap; jus de bissap. They need canning jars which can be ordered and shipped through Amazon Link to the Masson 8, 12, 16 oz canning jars. If you feel so inclined. On my side, hope to pack a few jars in my already up-to-the-limit luggage. :-)
I hope I have Internet access in Senegal and can make this a more chatty newsy blogg, complete with pictures. Maybe I can even write some entries in French for my friends who feel more comfortable in this belle langue.
I am now reading: L'Oympe des Infortunes by Yasmina Khadra, Trois Femmes Puissants, by Marie Ndiaye; La Disparition du bébé chocolat de Andrée Poulin et L' Échappée belle d'Anna Gavalda. J'ai trouvé un librarie francophone ici à Edmonton! En fait il y a l'U of A Campus Saint - Jean, Edmonton.
For those who would like a few words of Wolof: Wolof-Français. contes Wolof en français et Wolof
Friday, June 11, 2010
19 MORE DAYS TO GO
I have almost everything I need. I now have some French novels to read on the plane and I have started again to practice some Wolof phrases and vocabulary.
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