Tag Archives: peace corps

A friend of Nepal

I meant to post this back in May, but lost track of time. I wrote a short bit about the first days I spent at post as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal. It might not be terribly palatable for everyone, as I lay on the sentiment on pretty thick. But for those of you [...]

Why not me?

Disappointing. Mostly because I was never asked to be a spy.

Peace Corps/Kenya Suspended

The AP is reporting Peace Corps has suspended its operations in Kenya. I completed my two-year service with Peace Corps/Nepal just before that program was suspended.
Given the nature of the work, the program’s suspension will be wholly disruptive to both the lives of projects of PCVs, who were likely just told to drop everything, leave [...]

Speaking of my Peace Corps blog

Katie at the TEFL Logue published her list of the top ten Peace Corps blogs. My Peace Corps blog was rated sixth. Not bad—especially since it’s three years old.

First-person objective

What would you think if I told you I was my wife’s ghost blogger for just under two years? And what would you think if I told you that, as her ghost blogger, I wrote about the experience of a recent immigrant to the US studying court reporting? Before you think, visit Fancy Pants Loves [...]