Why am I so bad about remembering to publish these things? In this case at least I wrote it when I had no power again and was running out of battery so left off with the intention of returning to it… Either way, this article is now 5 months old, but still relavant to my [...]
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A fine how do you do from a beautiful sunny morning in the freedom of the south! It’s done, I’m out of here tomorrow (assuming rain won’t prevent the truck from getting out here to haul my stuff off to the big city of Asunción where I’ll start my new volunteer role as a volunteer [...]
I wrote this about a week ago, but the battery died on the laptop before I got to publish it. I’ve since forgotten about it until today… So it’s a week old, but still relavant(ish) Hello once again from the freedom of the south/libertad del sur! This may be my last blog post from here [...]
Greetings one and all! Tanto tiempo once again… Yes indeed it’s been some time since I last updated. To those of you who enjoy reading my random updates I do apologize for the long time since the last update. It’s hard to explain but I find it hard to update this thing sometimes. My life [...]
Howdy folks once again from rural Paraguay! Have you ever wondered how you can help a small school in the middle of nowhere Paraguay learn about geography? Of course you have! So here is one way that you can help out. Here are two pictures of a boy and a girl (thanks to the website [...]
Why hello there, tanto tiempo as they say in these parts of the world. Yes indeed it’s been a while. If you’re a follower of this blog, then I offer my sincere apologies but technology here in Paraguay failed me on the last few update attempts. So it goes… So, given that my most recent [...]
Buenas noches a todo! Greetings from the Freedom of the South once again. Life is good down here these days as the winter sets in and the families come a bit closer together around the fires in the kitchens. As for me at the moment I’m in Encarnacion recovering from a long month in site [...]
Hello once again from the Freedom of the South, Libertad del Sur. Today marks a moment of supposed personal success, the presentation and meeting portion of this project is done. It’s kind of a bittersweet ending to this story of rural economic/environmental development work. I’m reminded of what I was told by the previous volunteer [...]
Hello everyone out there once again, always seems strange to write to an unseen, potentially largely unknown audience. But so it goes in these days of instant online updates of whatever you’re latest thoughts may be. So strange to still be connected to that part of the world as I sit here in my shack [...]
Good morning everyone! Tanto tiempo, verdad? Yes indeed, time is flying by. I can’t believe months have passed since my last entry here. Lots has happened, but day to day it seems to be the same old same old. I suppose the biggest news is that the big agroforestry project with yerba mate has started! [...]
My oh my it has indeed been some time since the last update… I suppose I’ll take advantage of yet another rainy day to finally say hey. I wish I could say it’s been due to a lack of free time, but really I just haven’t gotten around to it… Things are going well here, [...]
Buenas tardes a todo desde Libertad del Sur! Hope you’re all doing super bien out there and gettin ready for summer or winter or whatever is comin your way. As for me, I’m on the summer side of the globe and it’s starting to warm up. The past week saw the shaving of the winter [...]
Greetings once again from campo Paraguay, hope you brought a shady hat. This week marked a significant moment in my time here. I’ve been in country over a year, but this is exactly one year since I first visited what is now my home – Libertad del Sur. To mark the occasion I received a [...]
Hello again everyone, Oh what a beautiful day in Paraguay! Woke up early feeling good (a pleasant change from the recent sickness – a bout with something parasitic me thinks…) and got to working in my garden right away. I think the only disappointment was that I didn’t get to use the neighbors two guays [...]
Well hello everyone, it certainly has been a while! Sorry for that, but time just gets away from me sometimes here. I can’t believe I’m only about a month away from completing my first full year in Paraguay, still 15 months to go though… The past few months have really picked up for me though. [...]
Hello Once again from the south side of things (at least as it likely is relative to the majority of those who may find themselves reading this). It’s been quite a while, not sure where I should begin. Since the last post I’ve gone on a good vacation to the Iguazu Falls in the triangle [...]
Hello once again faithful followers and those happening by (it happens, my record interest on this thing was when I titled the one article “Streapers and Streapteases”, I think there were some disappointed surfers out there, wrote this one months ago and it still got three hits this week!). Its been an exciting couple weeks, [...]
Note: I tried to download more pics for a while this morning, but tooooo slow to get more than this for now! Hello again from and welcome back! For the very first time this blog is being submitted for your reading pleasure from the comfort of my very own shack! Yes indeed, technology is a [...]
Hola everyone,
So this is my second attempt at writing this blog post, the first one got translated to Spanish on this computer and I couldn´t get it back! {Insert your favorite spanish curse word here}
All is well in the Campo Paraguay, its been a while since I´ve updated this thing, so not really sure where [...]
Howdy hey everyone! Greetings once again from the heart of South America. I think this will be a short update, and probably a bit boring and dry, since I just finished a long one before the computer froze on me and I lost it all…. But as for the important information that those of you [...]
Hola, como estas a todos
Its a beautiful Paraguayan morning in the the Capital, Asuncion. I’m here on a quick medical trip to get my shot that will arm me against swine flu, which is good cuz last week there were pigs and chickens running in my bedroom (not to mention the other assorted wild [...]
First, a disclaimer, the views, opinions, ideas, and other ramblings in no way reflect those of the peace corps, they are my own and and hopefully never insinuate a negative aspect of life here. Not much of a legal disclaimer, but feel it should be on there after a session I listened to in training [...]
Hello everyone and greetings from Encarnacion! I made it into town today in the hopes of meeting up with Shana (reformed peace corps volunteer from Nepal) but as of yet, havent been able to meet up with her. We shall see what happens, but at the very least Im enjoying some time indulging in ice [...]
Hello again everyone! So it’s officially official, for the second time in my life I’m a peace corps volunteer. We swore in yesterday on a hot sunny afternoon, that soon after turned to a much appreciated cool rain. The ceremony was pretty short, and we had an amazing chocolate cake afterwards. As far as the [...]
Sometimes it´s hard to think of an appropriate title, so this time I´m just going with a random sign that I saw in the streets. Seriously, I only saw it in the street and laughed, no further exploration. if you don´t get what it is then just read it aloud and see what it sounds [...]
Hello once again one and all
(the following was written last Saturday, but I couldn´t find a computer to send it then… lots of stuff since then that will be updated next time in about two weeks. Heading for a weeklong adventure in the rural lands next week and will take some photos there too)
It’s [...]
Hello again everyone, another tuesday has come and will soon be going along with my english skills in Paraguay. This past week and a half has been an eventful time, complete with education trips to the agroforestry test plost of SEPA and a trip to the technical university here near Asuncion to see what they [...]
Hello once again everyone!
I guess it´s been about two weeks since the last update and misadventures with the local mutts, sorry for the delay if any of you were looking for more since then, but it´s been kinda nuts.
Last weekend was my first trip out of our training city and into the far [...]
Hey all,
I wrote out my other post last night and have a few minutes so I figure I´ll share a dog tale with you as well – yes indeed a bonus story! So, I´m on a run this morning for about an hour, feeling good and happy and enjoying a nice cool run shortly [...]
Mbaeichapa!
Hello everyone and greetings again from Paraguay. I’ve settled in a bit more and am starting to get a feel for the language here. I somehow managed to test in the mid competency level for Spanish so I am taking the guarani language classes instead of the Spanish. I feel comfortable saying that this is [...]
Hola mis amigos y bienvenidos de Paraguay! Mbaichapa (hello in Guarani)
After a long summer of wandering in eager anticipation, I have finally arrived safely and happily here in Paraguay. I met with the other volunteers in Miami on Tuesday night for our staging event, and after a four hour meeting session on Wednesday we were [...]
Greetings one and all! Many of you have seen me passing through your town over the last summer, in some cases it may be more appropriate to say lingering, and many of you I was unfortunately unable to see or linger with. But to all of you who happen upon my blog – welcome!
I [...]
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