Big Sky Writer

I’ve got a question for you.Where is Zimbabwe?I’m serious.If I were to hand you a blank outline map of the world, would you be able to point to the country of Zimbabwe?Pointing in the general direction of a continent is not the correct answer.If you’re like me, you might know that Zimbabwe is in Africa, but if you’re like me you couldn’t point to exactly where in Africa it is located.Here’s a description of the location from Britannica:Zimbabwe “… shares a 125-mile (200-kilometre) border on the south with the Republic of South Africa and is bounded on the southwest and west by Botswana, on the north by Zambia, and on the northeast and east by Mozambique.”1Does that help or do you have difficulty knowing where those other countries are located?For me, I knew where South Africa was and had a good idea where Mozambique was, but I had no idea where Botswana or Zambia were located.I hope your geographical knowledge is better than mine but this episode of the Big Sky Writer Newsletter is not about geography.It’s ab