We've opened up a lot of topics in the last couple of blogs, but I'd like to focus on one at a time. There is a lot of information out there, and a lot of misinformation, and as Curt wrote,...
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In the responses to a prior column, Curt wrote, "...give us the FACTS this time and let us decide for ourselves..." and further, "...no where in there do I see any Passion to get to the truth." I do hope...
I really do appreciate the discussion we’ve been having in reference to the blog on Whirled Peas, and I’ll continue to expand on that idea. But first, an aside. I offhandedly used the term “kept man” to describe my rather...
So, for a couple of weeks I have been thinking more of why I am in South Florida, living the life of a kept man. Tracy going to work full time. Me picking up the odd job here and there....
I treated myself to a latte this morning, and paid for it with a couple of dollar bills. Pieces of paper with a picture of George Washington on one side and both sides of the great seal of the United...
It’s quiet out on a farm in a way it’s quiet nowhere else. I hear a clock ticking, the compressor on the refrigerator humming. Faint traces of sunlight cut a silhouette on the western horizon. My Mother, my sister and...
My adopted state of Florida is once again in the news for legislation on the use of firearms. I’m sure by this time you’re well aware of the case of Trayvon Martin, shot and killed by George Zimmerman. It has...
Since we’re still in election season, and no matter which party is in power someone is always displeased, scurrilous emails about the current resident of the White House often crowd my inbox. As I voted for the current resident, I...
The email read “Ray and Carol Miller passed away February 22.” That was about it, other than an apology for the mass mailing, and a link to a Lincoln news report on the deaths. It was from Ray and Carol’s...
Six below zero in Fremont, Nebraska Saturday morning last. It had warmed up to 10 before I headed north to Wayne in the ragtop Jeep Wrangler my niece was kind enough to lend me for my visit back to Nebraska...
As a newspaper, the New York Times is among a select few publications at the very top of the journalistic heap. Despite the virtual flood of print, TV and internet information sources, reading the Times is a reminder of what...
I have wanted to not write about the politics drowning out most public communication in the US right now, but it seems inescapable. It has given me both headaches and writer’s block. Like the sewer backing up in your basement,...
We pulled it off, meeting for these instant days, the first since I’ve returned from Peace Corps service in Belize. My son and his wife, come from New York City, my daughter and her love up from Los Angeles, Tracy...
Christmas 1914 found much of the world at war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungry and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia by a Serbian Nationalist in protest to Austria-Hungry having control of the region. Serbia wanted to take control...
We finally got Tracy’s book published on Kindle last night…it has been much on my mind and has consumed most of the time I have allotted to writing. I’m very excited for her, and for having learned more about the...
Tracy would like to find a love-seat for our living room to better accommodate guests to our home, and that got me thinking about health care. I finally understood that health care is not a love-seat, and it should not...
Harley at the U-Haul store in Omaha installed the hitch on my Camry so I could tow a trailer back to Florida. He explained a couple of things about the installation, then apologized that he had scratched the hitch in...
Two years ago, give or take a month or two, I was at The Mill in Lincoln, Nebraska typing away on my laptop. Now I’m at The Mill in Lincoln, Nebraska, typing away at my laptop. I don’t really know...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. It’s Thursday in…and here my mind refuses to connect...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Sunday afternoon, sun is shining, temps in the low...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I had the honor of attending the funeral of...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. When I return to the States in October, I...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. The Western Highway coming in to Benque from San...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I'm just going to start typing and see where...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Maybe these are just snapshots. I'm not sure...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I was talking to my friend Rudy today...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. It was in college when I read William...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. This week is our Close Of Service (COS) Conference,...
This column does not reflect or represent the views of the U.S. Government or of the Peace Corps, and are solely the views of the writer, Peace Corps Volunteer Roger German. I'm not sure I've ever mentioned it in...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. All right. I gotta come clean about the...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Most of you know I’m a mediator, know...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I remember Mother telling me that when I was...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Whatever your job or profession, it takes a...
Temperature hit 109 Thursday. Hot even for me, but I ain't complaining. Drops down into the low 90s by bedtime, and I have a fan if I need it. Usually stays a little cooler inside my house...of course since it's...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Benque Viejo has a strong Catholic heritage that...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I got the chance to get out in...
For the past week Tracy and I have been in Flores, Guatemala in school. I've been trying to improve my Spanish since moving into Benque Viejo, but it has been slog. So we decided to try an immersion class, and...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I can’t tell you what ants taste like but...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I missed the bus heading over to Pine Lumber...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Finally got into the office of a Sunday...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. My plan was to ride with the truck...
Last week Friday I hopped a bus the seven hours down to Tracy’s village to lay out and dig 26 footings for a playground. Finally some tangible return on time and emotion invested, mostly by Tracy. Teachers in her village...
The opinions expressed here are those of Roger German and not the U.S. Peace Corps, the U.S. Government or any department thereof. Last week Friday I hopped a bus the seven hours down to Tracy’s village to lay out and...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. I would love to have a good half...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Have been off the grid again for a...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Last day in Rio. I have been privileged to...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. Rio de Janeiro, home to about eleven and a...
Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. When my son and his wife moved to Rio...
. Disclaimer: Views presented in this blog are those of Roger German. They do not represent the views or opinions of the U.S. Peace Corps or the Government of the United States. One of the projects I’ve been working on...
We had an In Service Training (IST) last week, and I really didn't want to go. Lots going on, two days out of the week is a long time to be gone, the usual litany of complaints. But I'm glad...
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