It has been nearly 41 years since I was last in Brazil when I served in the Peace Corps. The other former Peace Corps Volunteer who served in the same town as me (Brunie) and I were planning to ...
I have written several posts about how difficult it was for me to learn Portuguese and some of the humorous mistakes Americans have made when trying to speak the langu ...
My 95 year old mother had been on a waiting list for an assisted living facility for over 14 months. Meanwhile she had in-home help when I couldn't be there.Her health and dementia had slowly worsened ...
In 1961 John F. Kennedy believed so strongly in the idea of the Peace Corps that he used his discretionary funds to fund it instead of waiting for approval from Congress. In 2011 the ...
The Peace Corps will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2011. To record personal stories from former Peace Corps Volunteers camp construction workers and camp workers a group of four representatives ...
OPHIDIOPHOBIA (according to Wilipedia) refers to the fear of snakes. It is one of the most common zoophobias (animal phobias). A typical ophidiophobic would not only fear them when in live contact but ...
Today I am thinking of forty years ago when the men landed on the moon. I had been discharged from the Peace Corps about 10-14 days earlier. I flew with several friends from Rio to Lim ...
In Glória on June 24th we celebrated the Festa de São João St. John's Day celebrating John the Baptist. Like many religious holidays the celebration had little to do with religion. This ...
Overland a former student is now a meteorologist in Aracajú.Alegria! Alegria!continuedMaking contact: In my previous post Alegria! Alegria! Part 1 I explained that I had been trying to ...
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