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• Peter Schwartz Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard): #227 D.E. Oprava

  
  Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story — Authority: 125
  David Edward Oprava was born in New York City on Easter Sunday 1973 for which his mother still has not forgiven him. He grew up in a two-bed apartment on the upper West Side a few blocks from Central Park and to this day still remembers the smell of dog crap and sand from the playground. He practically lived in the ...
  6 hours ago

• Better, Bolder Peace Corps Survey: Initial Results

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 113
  Our thanks to the more than 4,500 individuals who took part in our Better, Bolder Peace Corps survey. While a full report will be issued in December, initial results from the survey indicate that among the many ideas on how...
  2 days ago

• Yesterday afternoon, my host parents’ friends came over...

  
  Craig in Moldova — Authority: 118
  Yesterday afternoon, my host parents’ friends came over for lunch. They brought wine and sunflower seeds and sat and talked in Gagauzian and translated into Russian for me.  At one point the conversation involved Gagauzian, Turkish, Russian, German, English, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Ukrainian. My host mom told the ...
  2 days ago

• PCB: exPeace Corps Volunteer Returns to Brazil After 42 Years

  
  Expat American Living in Brazil — Authority: 120
  Known for Copacabana, Carnival, soccer and the bossa nova beat, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the only one that was colonized by Portugal. I spoke Portuguese fluently 42 years ago and now find myself struggling to express myself on the level of a 4-year-old. Returning to the area where I lived in ...
  3 days ago

• looking out

  
  an eudmonist — Authority: 98
  PF took this picture looking out over Goris.The test included an essay question: ‘write about your fall holidays.’. Although I correctly translated ‘vacation’ into ‘holiday’, I forgot to change ‘fall’ into ‘autumn’. One of the students asked about it. Made me think about what a ‘fall holiday’ ...
  4 days ago

• RPCV Congressman Garamendi Hits the Hill

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 113
  As he made his first remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, the phone in Room 2459 of the Rayburn Office Building was already ringing. "Congressman Garamendis office, how can I help you?" Returned Peace Corps Volunteer...
  6 days ago

• Five months down (almost)

  
  Craig in Moldova — Authority: 118
  Meat in the kitchenFrom my own experience and what I’ve heard from other Volunteers, in...
  6 days ago

• RPCV Garamendi Wins Election to Congress

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 113
  RPCV Congressman-elect John Garamendi and wife Patti (Ethiopia 66-68) at Tuesday nights victory party with fellow RPCVs Pete Johnson (India 67-69) and Susan Neyer (Philippines 62-65) While election night 2009 was a relatively quiet affair across the nation, there was...
  1 week ago

• Peace Corps To Return To Sierra Leone

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 624
  From CNN: Washington — U.S. and Sierra Leone government officials have agreed to re-establish a Peace Corps program in Sierra Leone after a 15-year absence, the Peace Corps said Monday. Glenn Fedzer, the charge d’affaires for the U.S. Embassy in Freetown, and Sierra Leone’s minister of foreign affairs, Zainab ...
  1 week ago

• “Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.” ~ Mary Chapin Carpenter

  
  Lola's Curmudgeonly Musings on Life, Love & Other Trifles — Authority: 121
  Im dreading the holidays this year. Normally, I love Christmas and hate Thanksgiving, but I think that Christmas this year might be just as bad as Christmas was last year, which was last minute and stressful. I really hope that I dont become like my mother, who does nothing but bitch about the holidays. In all of my ...
  1 week ago

• I’ve posted new photos from Phase 3 of training and the...

  
  Craig in Moldova — Authority: 118
  I’ve posted new photos from Phase 3 of training and the month of October. Click the photos link above to go to my Picasa page!
  1 week ago

• Peace Corps Volunteers Oath and other matters

  
  Kazakhnomad's Blog: A Westerner's View of Kazakhstan — Authority: 127
  The following is what I heard 64 Peace Corps volunteers say in their swearing in ceremony on Saturday morning this past weekend.  Serious and yet exciting to see determined, young people make such a long term commitment in this great land of Kazakhstan. I,____________(name) do solemly swear that I will support and ...
  1 week ago

• So now Im really really a Volunteer (really)

  
  Craig in Moldova — Authority: 118
  Five months since I left Michigan, “pre”service training is finally over. The M24...
  1 week ago

• Photos from Peace Corps Volunteers Swearing In Ceremony

  
  Kazakhnomad's Blog: A Westerner's View of Kazakhstan — Authority: 127
  Yesterday’s ceremony of volunteerism, Peace Corps trainees being sworn in as bona fide PCVs, was exciting to witness.   The 21st group of PCVs gave their oath conducted by The Honorable Richard Hoagland, American ambassador. He gave a short speech to the group of 64 American volunteers investing their lives in ...
  1 week ago

• Iffy’s Third Campaign Plank: A Canadian Peace Corps?

  
  The Phantom Observer — Authority: 419
  One thing that stuck in my mind about Liberal chief-of-staff Peter Donolo is the report that he’s a fan of JFK . If memory serves me right, Iffy is also a fan of JFK. Which lends a certain interpretation to some remarks the Liberal leader has made about Canadians abroad: I want a country where everyone ...
  1 week ago

• No Computer, No New Blog Posts

  
  Sand in My Shoes — Authority: 98
  Updating my blog has been a pretty difficult task this month. Mainly because my computer blew up a few weeks ago, leaving me with nothing to type on and no way to keep everyone updated. It was traumatic at first (loss of technology here almost always is). But ultimately, its been a bit of a blessing. Its freed up time ...
  1 week ago

• Two RPCVs Win Prestigious Whiting Writers Award

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 113
  Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Ravij Joseph (Senegal 97-00) and Michael Meyer (China 95-97) were among the ten writers receiving the 2009 Whiting Writers’ Award at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City yesterday evening. This prestigious $50,000 award...
  1 week ago

• Better, Bolder Peace Corps Survey - Update

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 113
  Our thanks to the more than 4,500 individuals (!) who participated in our Better, Bolder Peace Corps Survey. While there was good participation across the various eras of service, about one-third of the respondents were RPCVs between 2000 and 2009....
  1 week ago

• RPCV--and almost PCV--Launch Fair Trade Business

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 113
  Inspired by Peace Corps Volunteer Third Goal initiatives—but never having served in the Peace Corps—Alia Kate claims the label of “honorary PCV.” Alia spent her life surrounded by the active RPCV community in her hometown of Milwaukee, exposed to world...
  2 weeks ago

• "Where we love is home, Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."

  
  Keep the Coffee Coming — Authority: 511
  Its one of those days when being energetic has no appeal at all. I showered, made my bed and changed the cat litter. Im done. I will live with the fruits of this labor, scanty as they are. Lately I have thinking about my next trip. At night, I grab my laptop, get comfy on the couch and wander the web. Ive been ...
  2 weeks ago

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