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A Very Unusual February (in Peace Corps)

By on March 3, 2018

It turns out that 31 is not too old to experience something new and unexpected for the first time. If you’re starting to feel moldy from routine, Peace Corps…


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Le invito | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on December 10, 2017

I’ve been in site for a year on December 6 (wave your hands in the air!).

This experience keeps unfolding like backwards origami, or maybe like forwards origami (you know,…


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“Mondays Are Hard Here Too” And Other Easing-In Stories

By on January 5, 2017

This is a patchwork of all the feels from week one. As wavering as unrooted as the feelings were, they came and went like the incumbent GI issues I…


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Arrival into Site: The First Morning

By on January 5, 2017

On my first night:
As we eat, I look over at Doña Clara at 88 years old as she calmly eats. As her daughter teaches me K’iche words, she erupts…


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The First Night in Site.

By on January 5, 2017

A first impression fest indeed.
Santa Clara: 
I don’t know what this map means except that the lake is shaped like a fleeing flea. Or perhaps a cow leaping. Or maybe like…