by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 16, 2015 | Blog
THIS is YOUTH DAY in South Africa The first time I visited the Hector Pieterson Museum was June 16, 2013. It was Youth Day. I didn’t know that when I walked in. There were groups of school children, all in uniforms of various colors, crowding the museum. I was...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 16, 2015 | Blog, Events, Writing, Writing for Children, Writing for kids, Writing for YA
Deep Valley Book Festival–Betsy-Tacy Society Calendar of Events. The Deep Valley Homecoming is coming up at the end of June. Author Melissa Wiley (whom I met at ALA in San Diego a couple years ago) will be a featured speaker. This will be fun. Check the above...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog
We got off the plane in Johannesburg, met our guide Pieter, dropped our luggage at Flossie’s B&B, and plunged right into Soweto. Nothing like getting right down to the business of being immersed in South Africa. Earthstompers, our tour company, arranged with...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 11, 2015 | Blog
We’re Home! And yet, not quite… “We are not African because we live in Africa. We are African because Africa lives in us.” –motto of Afrovibe Adventure Lodge. The 2015 South Central College student trip to South Africa has come to...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | May 16, 2015 | Blog
True to form, I turned grades in at midnight last night (yeah, they were due at midnight). I actually hit “post” for the final class about 12 minutes after 12. But I’m done. I got up this morning, and for the first time since January, there...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Apr 23, 2015 | Blog
The last two evenings, I felt privileged to spend time listening to Dr. Nina Smart at MSU. Nina Smart is not only a beautiful human being; her story and her wisdom is amazing. Tuesday night (above), she...
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