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Alaska Changes Conversations in Alaska Doubts Exploration Family Hard Thing Here Goes Something Leaving Mountains Moving Packing Peace Corps Travels

2nd Intro Peace Corps Phone Call | Conversations in Alaska, 12 of 50

By First Person Foreign on September 18, 2016

“What is one thing you wish you’d done before you left the States?”

“Honestly, this might sound a little odd but I wish I’d taken a bath. That’s a luxury I miss.”

“I couldn’t get home for financial reasons and my Grandmother died. That was a hard time but I got…

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Alaska Beauty Blank Slate Changes Company Doubts Exploration Here Goes Something Leaving Love Mountains Moving Not From Here Peace Corps Realizations Travels

Til the Last Drip | Leaving the Rainforest, 1

By First Person Foreign on September 15, 2016

I’m not one for schmaltz.
Who Am I Kidding.
I am one for Schmaltz. You know the scene in The Sound of the Music (the lovely film) when Julie Andrew’s Maria is dancing with the Captain and her arm is above her head, she is looking into his eyes, and she…

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Alaska Changes Conversations in Alaska Here Goes Something Moving New Not From Here Peace Corps Work

1st Intro Peace Corps Call, Conversations in Alaska | 21 of 50

By First Person Foreign on September 12, 2016

It’s July 15. It’s my Grandmother’s birthday.

I’m in Southeast Alaska, the nation’s largest national rainforest. It rains 13 feet a year annually in Ketchikan. But today it’s all sun and civilized life as I make my first peace corps call from my office.

I’m at work. I clock out, call…

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