Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Sawas-dii ka! Take a deep breath. A really big one. Tummy expanding and mind clearing breath. Hold it! … Okay now release. Empty out e v e r […]
Healthy Living: Challenge Yourself
Counting
Megan McNelis, 131 TESS I’m sitting in a hotel in Korat. It has a rain shower, air conditioning, and no geckos, and I feel well and truly alone (until one of my […]
A Landscape View
Tim Connors, TESS 130 The other day I went to the market. This was the conversation that unfolded. Seller: Hello! Me: Hello! Customer: Who is that? There is a foreigner here? Who […]
Back to Her
Daylisha Reid, 130 YinD Almost a year has passed on this journey that is the Peace Corps and I am excited to share about the times where I stepped outside of […]
Dear Stoplight
Theresa Kozelka, 129 YinD “Did you see the new stop light at the 3-way intersection? It’s the first in Thung Wa!” After one week away at a meeting, I returned […]
Changes in The Gambia
Katherine Bolander -Health 2013 The Gambia I just finished my third year of service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, a small West African country almost entirely surrounded by Senegal, […]
Practice for Life
Molly Vallillo, 127 I locked myself out of my house. Again. I’m now breaking into my room through my window. The whole time cursing under my breath because, how could I be […]
You Look Thai: Reflections on Being Asian-American in Thailand
Erin Capina, 127 For many white volunteers, living in Thailand is their first experience as a minority, sticking out in ways they never did back in America. This is not the case […]
