Small town life I have lived most of my life in South Carolina [other states include North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee] — a state with …
Things I Won’t Miss About the Village: Lack of Anonymity

conversations and contemplations concerning curiosities, cats, and cuisines
Small town life I have lived most of my life in South Carolina [other states include North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee] — a state with …
A lot of Peace Corps’ Volunteers post photos and /or videos about their Peace Corps’ homes–and I plan to do that as well. But this …
2018 Michelle here: I first visited Seattle in 2012 because I had friends there. I never thought I would like the city, but I fell in …
And where might that be, you ask? Rwanda! and the new departure date for Rwanda is June 4–which gives me about 2.5 months to get ready. …
One month to go It’s about four weeks until I go. You see, in theory, I should have something heartfelt and sincere to say. Perhaps …
More than 1500 coherent words on what I packed for two years in Madagascar from the kind of suitcase I had, and everything I put in …
Dear self, I’m writing you this letter because I know you. You have the tendency to be super motivated at times, but also unbelievably not …
Medical Museum First up in my orgy of medical museums and such is the Semmelweis Museum in Budapest, Hungary. I feel bad for Semmelweis. He …
We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to …