[Dialogue] Bananeiras

[Ruth Landmann]

>Dear Ruth,
>     We were at Bananeiras for the tenth anniversary of the consult. 
>Having been at the consult, we had a few questions in mind, like?
>     What happened to the experimental vegetable farm?
>Ans. What vegetable farm? We don't need it! Everyone has  their own 
>vegetable garden around their house.
>     What about plans to enlarge the school? 
>Ans.   We did some of that, but we got help to put in a road to the 
>nearest town and all our children are bussed there for middle school 
>and high school.  Some have even gone on to college!
>     What about all the health problems?
>Ans.  We have a resident nurse now, but we don't have any serious 
>health problems.
>     What about employment?
>Ans.  With the buses, people can either work in ttown or work here 
>and transport their products.  We have a good standard of living.
>     What do you remember about the consult?
>Ans. Some foreign people came once, but I don't remember much about 
>them.  We've been very busy!
>     Sounded to us like the Consult had been a success!
>         Nan Grow
>
Nan, thanks for the update! I'm glad you were able to return and find 
out what happened.
Yea Team! That's great; I'm grateful that the village entered the 20th century.

I remember talking to an elderly woman of the village who had just a 
couple years prior learned what caused babies. She learned it from a 
granddaughter. She had given birth to 17 children.

I also remember the huge frogs and how one night I didn't want to use 
the outhouse because there was a frog--or toad?--that was about a 
foot across.

I skies were so clear, and I recall the "shooting stars". Were we 
there during the Perseid Meteor Showers in August? I just remember 
going straight to Bananeiras after we finished the consult in Sol de 
Septeimbre, Chile.

Bananeiras was quite an adventure, as was our time in Rio de Janeiro.
-- 
Ruth Landmann, Webmaster
http://www.riodelmar.santacruz.k12.ca.us (updated 1/28/06)
Rio del Mar School: where kind hearts and open minds rule.
A California Distinguished School 2004 and a Blue Ribbon School 2005
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