Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD First night: I innocently open the door to my second floor bathroom. Yes second floor, I lucked out and live in a spacious bougie two floor home […]
Facing Your Waterbugs
A Peace Corps Collection
Writing and artwork by Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD I wrote a while ago that cultural integration is like letting a wave wash over your face, pulling your hair towards the shore, digging […]
Long Days, Field Trips and Weigh Stations
Eric Mills, TESS 130 Ah the long day; how requisite, how essential. Truly it is the thread that binds, the paper clip that fastens, the uh… stuff they add to the stickers […]
Growing Pains
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I stand, sweating (as ususal), as my counterpart loads the car. Our drive was going to be an absurd twelve hours from Reconnect back to Ngim, so there […]
A Salutation
Nhi Le, 130 TESS I could sense it as I rounded the bend. It had been two days since I last saw his spiky gray hair and heard his lilted, “Wadii Kru!” […]
Why We are Friends: Two Perspectives
Berline Exume, 130 TESS I have to admit that I am not big on making friends. I have found ways in my life to be friendly, but not let that friendliness evolve […]
The Skyler Diary
Matt Mikrut, 130 YinD Welcome to, what I like to call, the “Skyler Diary.” I admit it. Skyler is my first Peace Corps love. Everyone knows it; my love for Skyler is unrestrained and wild, thumping vigorously within me. Because I […]
A Wave Full Love
Andy Cole, 130 TESS (little) Slow, to drop below, (unique) Zero. (flurries) Quietly. Slowly, falling from the sky. Breathe in. Slowing down, time… Breathe out. An icy snowflake. Joyful, Magical. Kindly collecting. […]
APAHM: The Other
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Nhi Le, 130 TESS There is no getting over the feeling of “otherness” for an […]
The Story of Momeo & Psiliet
Psian Avilés, 130 YinD If 472 days ago (thank you Lucy) you had asked me what I thought love was, I would have concocted the gay cliché version of Romeo & Juliet. […]
Si Thep: 3 Days in the Peace Corps
Kayla Adams, visiting friend of PCV Michael Marano The whiskey and water haze my vision softly at the edges, making this memory, even in its presence, as beautiful as a dream. I […]
The Perks of Being a Rule Follower
Theresa Kozelka, 129 YinD One of the most defining aspects of being a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand is our unique choice of transportation. Unlike 95% of the Thai population, which can […]
Loss and Changes in Friendships at Site
Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD I stared motionless at the river, the cut down tree, and the now empty spot where the tire swings used to be. It was my first week […]
Government Issued Best Friend
Celete Kato, 129 TESS I was unsure of you at first. A bit timid and anxious about the thought of being stuck with you, every day, for over two years. Then we […]
Falling in Love in the Peace Corps
Michael Marano, 129 TESS I arrived at Peace Corps Staging in San Francisco surrounded by a fortress of buttons and wool. Before I entered what was sure to be an onslaught of […]
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