From “Almost Heaven” West Virginia to “Just From Here is Heaven” Slovakia – Sonya M. Armstrong – Slovakia 2016
In January 2016, I departed “almost heaven,” or West “by God” Virginia to embark on my Fulbright Experience in “just from here is heaven,” Slovakia – and what an experience it was being filled with historical sites that were cultural, educational, and adventurous. My Fulbright was in the College of Science at University de Mataji […]
Birding Never Goes Out of Style – Laura A. Macaluso – Eswatini (Swaziland) 2008
The pandemic of 2020-2021 brought renewed attention to amateur birding across the world. I had forgotten, until this call for 75th anniversary memories, that the birding I do here at my house in Alexandria, Virginia was preceded by a birding pamphlet project done around 2008-2009 when I was a Fulbright Scholar at the Swaziland National […]