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Hamper project

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:01:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Peace Corps St. Lucian Life)
http://www.thevoiceslu.com/featu res/2010/march/04_03_10/Grow_Wel l_Brings_Smiles_to_Senior_Citize ns.htmLast month we held our second hamper project for Club 60. It went off very well yet again. We de ...
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Derek Walcott at my work

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Peace Corps St. Lucian Life)
http://www.thevoiceslu.com/featu res/2010/march/09_03_10/Derek_Wa lcott_visits_Grow_Well_Library.h tm
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Volleyball tournament link

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:56:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Peace Corps St. Lucian Life)
http://www.thevoiceslu.com/sport s/2010/march/09_03_10/TOP_CLASS_ VOLLEYBALL.htmOn Saturday I participated in an Independence Day volleyball tournament. My team DSP came in third. We played well but I was hoping for the win. Next time Le Club it's on.
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The drought of 2010

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Peace Corps St. Lucian Life)
We have not received measurable rain since January 31st 2010. It has been almost a month and a half since we had even an inch of rain on the entire island. For me it has been longer. In the north ...
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The Little Engine that Did

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:08:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
Amy is someone I have connected with though my blog. She is thinking about Peace Corps and has questions. She asks “On the days that you don't like the Peace Corps is there something in particul ...
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Hiking Friends (Just After Church)

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:20:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Shenanigans in St. Lucia)
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Homemade Chess Demo Board

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:14:00 +0800

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First Aid for Kids

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:09:00 +0800

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The Birthday Celebration

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:07:00 +0800

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Red Cross Teambuilding

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:04:00 +0800

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Contemplating Coconuts

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:37:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
Why is he putting coconuts on his roof? Ah it must have a leak. Yes that is it. The roof has a leak and people know how to use resources here to their advantage. But how will he fasten them to th ...
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Water Trucks

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:21:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
There is a trail in the Central Rainforest Reserve; it is east of Soufriere and at the foot of Mount Gimie the highest mountain peak in St Lucia. It is a remote yet unbelievably scenic with a comb ...
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Update needed

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Peace Corps Blog)
Alright everyone. It has been soooo long!!! I will putting a new post soon. I have a lot of updating to do. I am working on something to put up in the near future. Stay tuned!
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I Found my Groove

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
Did I ever say that I love this experience? Did I ever say that this was the perfect thing to do at this time of my life? Did I ever say that for me missing this would have been missing life? Wel ...
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new post

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:24:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Flat Erika's Adventure in Saint Lucia)
this is only another test
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Who knew there was so much to say about water...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:37:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Island Living)
If you came to St. Lucia for a vacation you wouldn't really notice that there is a drought going on towels are still washed daily you can take as many hot showers as you want and the pool is filled ...
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Water

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:40:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
On my way into Castries I wonder if this is what it feels like to ride down a luge at the winter games at ninety miles an hour. The bus driver seems to be in a hurry. We are about a half hour from ...
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BUILDING BLOCKS

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:16:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
I went to Europe with my friends Linda and Jayne a few years ago. We visited Delta Works built by the Dutch. It was an amazing sight to see their daily battle with water. The dam was built to hold b ...
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Idle People

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:12:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
There are many idle people in my village; people with no jobs and nothing to do. They sit in the same place everyday. Some sit on one side of the street in the morning and when the afternoon sun shin ...
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Crash

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:27:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / shoup house)
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Marshmallows and See’s Candy – Is it ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:30:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
I had to go to Castries last week and stopped in the Peace Corps Office. When I walked into the volunteer office there was a big Federal Express Box sitting in the corner of the room. I walked over ...
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The Most Beautiful Place on Earth??

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:16:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventures in St. Lucia)
Just a few random photos...The first photo is a picture of the Chicken Wings I cooked to eat during the Superbowl.. They were delicious! The second photo is when I got bored with my computer and phot ...
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Renewable Energy

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:14:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
I made a pot of coffee straightened up the house and put on what I consider nice clothes. Nice by my standards means that I didn’t put my jeans on and I wore closed toed shoes instead of my flip ...
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It's all about Donuts!

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:10:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
The last time I went into a third grade class to teach I was speechless….children put cardboard in their ears and noses. They were using chairs similar to the way bullfighters use their capes. I w ...
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Peace Corps Choiseul

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:31:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventures in St. Lucia)
As soon as I tell anyone I am Peace Corps volunteer whether it is in Saint Lucia or the United States they ask me "What exactly do you do?" So I am going to briefly explain what I do/have done. The ...
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A few pics..

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:22:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventures in St. Lucia)
These are some of the children from a Grade Four class at Riviere Doree Anglican School. Just another example of how beautiful and precious children can be.
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Homemade Chess Sets

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:00:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Shenanigans in St. Lucia)
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Life Skills

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:00:00 +0800

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Homemade Tables

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:59:00 +0800

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Homemade Dominoes

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:58:00 +0800

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Christmas With the Fam

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:57:00 +0800

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Christmas Fluff

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:55:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Shenanigans in St. Lucia)
Just over a month ago I was able to visit home for Christmas! I was so excited to see family that I could barely sit still through the five-hour flight and then I had to stand through customs!! Finall ...
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The Mystery Continues

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:50:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
It reads like a good novel. A crime committed. Suspense is in the air. I find myself searching for the answer. Like any good detective I have interviewed fellow Peace Corps Volunteers and host na ...
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Remembering John

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:37:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
It is hard to be away from home at times like this. The first time this happened I was prepared. I knew it was going to happen. My friend David kept in contact and updated me regularly. When Gary ...
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Taking a couple VF Primary girls to a Ch ...

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:29:01 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventuring and Social Servicing in St. Lucia)
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Innocent Questions

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:42:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
I’d forgotten how exhausting questions can be. But each question is important. Each question reveals the world of innocence. “Will a tsunami come to Saint Lucia?” I explain to Coco that Sai ...
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Minority Experience

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:29:53 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventuring and Social Servicing in St. Lucia)
Part 1Last Monday January 18th I checked with the music teacher at the school to see if he could take the children for music at 4pm. He was packing up to go home already so I needed to come up with ...
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Michael*

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:11:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
The little boy who wants to learn to love himself turns out to be one reason why I am here (reference post “Love Yourself” 12/06/2009).My first encounter with Michael was curious. He was in my co ...
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Peeling Onions

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:22:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
PART IDunstan St. Omar a celebrated local Saint Lucia artist said it the best: “The curse of the Caribbean is that our poverty is picturesque”. This island is not the most poverty-stricken natio ...
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2010 thoughts of COS

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:49:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Peace Corps St. Lucian Life)
It's been almost two months since I have even looked at my blog page. As life gets more and more involved here I find that there is less to write about. Not because life is less interesting but bec ...
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Best Compliment Ever

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:50:23 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventuring and Social Servicing in St. Lucia)
I was leaving the After School Programme and a group of girls were ahead of me. Three from the programme one was not."Miss Miss Naomi saying you have flak backside!"Naomi says crossly "Miss I not ...
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Infidelity

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:31:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
Mostly there is infidelity. Mostly women raise their children as single mothers. Mostly people do not get married. Today there is hushed silence in the village. Women fight for the attention ...
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Haïti: MCC responds

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:27:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / shoup house)
MCC is gearing up for a massive relief effort in Haïti and seeks to raise at least $1 million U.S. According to their press release:"MCC workers in Haiti include nine people from Colombia the Nether ...
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Memories Recreated

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:50:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
When I was a small child my mother would stuff my grass lined Easter basket with large jelly beans. They were largely unnoticed and a backdrop among the chocolate Easter Bunnies Peeps and colorful d ...
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What's Next?

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:08:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
Almost every volunteer here sold their house or gave up their rental sold their furniture and most possessions gave some things away and put a few memories in storage.When I left for Peace Corps I ...
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A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:50:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
My work here is nothing like I thought it would be. Things have changed and I'm so grateful they have. Among the things I'm doing is helping establish a pilot after-school program for forty children ...
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2010...Already?

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:17:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventures in St. Lucia)
Wow! I cannot believe I have not updated my blog in over 5 months! I apologize to anyone who is reading this and assuming I disappeared. The last blog was quite a cliffhanger so I think it is my duty ...
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2009 In Review

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:26:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Island Living)
It seems as the new year come people always try to come up with way to make the next year better then the previous one. People want to be thinner happier richer more in love less alone savor mor ...
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Wow I suck at updating

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:22:20 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Adventuring and Social Servicing in St. Lucia)
So I'm nearly at the end of my Christmas break and I'll return to school next week. During the break I've gotten a lot of things done especially in the kitchen.Berney and I put presents under my tre ...
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Final Goodbye

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:42:00 +0800

(Saint Lucia / Karen's Planet)
The bells ring each morning at 5 a.m. and again in the evening at 6 p.m. They ring quickly and it’s a happy ring. Today the church bells rang slowly. They rang slowly three times throughout the da ...
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