South Africa or Bust!
It's almost four a.m. and what am I doing up? I'm leaving for South Africa! Our flight at 3:10 p.m. which means in twelve hours, we will in the air heading for Amsterdam, and then to Cape Town! (Maybe I need a few more exclamation points...
Blogging about South Africa
I'm planning to blog our trip from this site...so stay tuned for pictures and updates on our trip to South Africa.
Big George Hincapie and South Africa to boot
Two weeks from TODAY we leave for South Africa. My stomach does funny things when I say that out loud. I am so excited. I'm not scared; it just makes me a little nervous to be responsible for a dozen people in a country I've never visited before.After all we've...
Required Reading for Singletrack High: Chasing AllieCat
http://www.tennesseemtb.org/singletrack-high-premiere/So....I'm hoping if we want kids to RIDE--which we DO--maybe we want kids to READ as well. Wouldn't everybody in this documentary love to read about mountain biking kids as well?Chasing...
In My Country
I previewed the Movie In My Country last night with Tom. I'll be showing it in class on Tuesday. I am now carrying the story around like guilt--like the pain of awareness.It's well-done. It's powerful. It's based on the book (which I'm embarrassed that I haven't read...
Why South Africa? Why does this country matter in our study of Humanities?
Bill Clinton summed it up well. He said this after Mandela's marriage at age 80, and on the occasion of Mandela's retirement from the South African Presidency:"In every gnarly, knotted, distorted situation in the world where people are kept from becoming the best they...
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