Peace Corps update — From what I understand, Peace Corps Volunteers have been sent home from China and the new Philippines group has been delayed six months, both due to coronavirus. (The China program, in […]
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Making headway
Every day I make a little more headway. Here I am with my new rechargeable head lamp, which I’ll be using in Africa for the next two years after the sun sets at 6:30 pm […]
The next chapter
I came home from my eldercare emergency in south Florida to torrential rain and then a beautiful morning of snow — which is a maybe-once-a-year fluffy joy here in metro Atlanta where everyone stays home […]
Meet Justine
As I’m about to start my “onboarding” tasks (another portal!) for Peace Corps Uganda that will determine the region of country to which I’m assigned, I met today with Justine Okello, a fellow League of […]
Like a mantra
I’m wearing the bracelet my friend Mindy gave me just about every day now. It’s helping keep me in the moment and in the hands of my God. It’s reminding me to allow the tsunami […]
Truth? I’m scared.
Truth? I’m scared to death. I am leaving everyone and everything I know to live in a village in Africa without running water and electricity for two years. And at 56 years old, with 30 years […]
Crocodiles, hippos, snail fever . . . and goat yoga
So, after months now knee-deep in blogs and books and YouTube videos about Peace Corps service, I say to my husband over one of our typical two-hour weekend lunches at a local diner, “I think […]
Traveling at the Speed of Bike 