My house is a two room brick structure surrounded by concrete with with a tin roof. It has intermittent electricity, and there’s no wi-fi to …
Peace Corps
Splish Splash
Splish, splash, I was takin’ a [bucket] bathLong about a Saturday night, yeahA rub dub, just relaxin’ in the tubThinkin’ everythin’ was alright Well, I …
On being thankful and having gratitude
What I am thankful for–Peace Corps year one edition Once upon a time a friend and I used to send each other our daily gratitude …
“I’m bored” and other Peace Corps thoughts
As a kid, rule #1 was to never say ‘I’m bored” around adults. Inevitably, that would lead to the assigning of some chore that I …
By the numbers 2: Food and Market
1: Number of times I had pizza. Although advertised as ‘cheese pizza’ it certainly had a lot of onions on it. Also the number of …
Cooking in the Corps 2: Crepes
My absolute first experience with crepes occurred in 2010 during my South America sojourn when fellow traveler [and now friend] Emilie offered to make some. …
Things I miss about the USA
Happy Labor Day. These random holidays like Labor Day and 4th of July and Memorial Day has never really meant too much to me. Working …
Peace Corps Rwanda | Clothing, Electronics, and House Things
I received my nomination to Madagascar in July 2017, moved from the apartment I was living in to the house I now own in October/November …
How I spend my days
When I was preparing to go into Peace Corps|Madagascar, I read a lot of PC blogs from a lot of countries and I found that …
I’m a stranger here myself
What the actual F*ck am I doing here? It’s a question I ask myself daily, sometimes hourly, and occasionally every few minutes. Even now, I …