Back from Dakar

I sort of fell out of the habit of writing on my blog.  I don't know how others do it everyday. But I will be retiring this blog as I return from my adventure of living and teaching in Senegal for three years and retire myself in a small town in Western Massachusetts.

My last month in Dakar was totally focused on finishing up everything, packing the classroom for its move to new site, final visits and meals with friends, selling or giving things away, getting the paperwork completed to bring my dog home with me, preparing shipment and final packing to go.

I arrived in Boston, June 17th.  My second week back I went to Vermont for a family vacation with my siblings. I spent two weeks unpacking and setting up my new apartment.  Mid July, I gave myself a 70th birthday party with about 30 family and friends. How quickly one finds a new routine, making new connections, stop speaking, reading or writing in French, and Senegal is feeling very far away.