Standard Disclaimer: Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania…
Hammer Time! Oh Wait that was how you fix a military vehicle.
This was another good week of work. School is out so I have a lot of projects I need to complete before the kids come tear everything up again. I guess I got job security that way.I will start off with my Saturday afternoon project after spending a very long morning responding to emails. Things…
A little more work done
This week I started getting back to a regular physical workload. After several weeks of taking computer courses and studying for the tests that accompanied them for my PE license renewal and the ear infection and the flu like symptoms I had last week I have not had a week of just physical work all…
Conversations with Barnabas #5
Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania a little…
A wish held back will always be unfulfilled
Overall sketch of the planned playground area. The border is the extent of the area with sand. This takes into account safety zones around high activity areas. Due to the low activity the imaginative play area may be moved outside the sand area. The future soccer field (small) will be to the left and the school…
Conversations with Barnabas #4
Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania a little…
Chapter 15-Memorial Day
Again I find myself struggling to write something. This time the problem is more the topic I want to breach. Memorial Day versus Veteran’s Day. This is Memorial Day weekend and I have often reposted several items discussing why being thanked for our service to the country makes a veteran uncomfortable on Memorial Day. The…
Things going on
I have to admit that despite trying to create recurring article pieces for the blog, I struggle with what to write about almost every week. This week for instance I just don’t have a lot to discuss on my mind. So I will do one of those multi-topic type posts that hopefully cover most of…
Conversations with Barnabas #3
Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania a little…
Arusha break-sorta?
This week is my couple of days off in Arusha to recharge, eat up the almost American style food, have no troubles finding diet soda and so on. It is rare to get a day off during the work week/weekend as there are so many things to be taken care of especially on weekends. …
Steve and Barnabas 