Curated by Shannon Murphy Berrios, 131 TESS “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso Wise words from […]
El Sabor De Tailandia
Rainy Season
Artwork and poem by Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD Today I am grateful for shelter. I am thankful for strong roofs and thick walls and dry clothes. I am grateful for the […]
PCV Cribs: Andy
Video by Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD Andy Anderson, 129 TESS, is a third-year volunteer serving in Umphang, Tak. Umphang is an isolated town deep in the mountains of Tak province that is famous […]
Mold, Sweat, and Bugs
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD In the style of “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss Do you like mold, sweat, and bugs? I do not like mold, sweat, and bugs! Would […]
Notes to Self: 6 Ways to be a Better PCV Youth Facilitator
Carissa Anderson, 130 YinD One day after my second camp of the month, I wrote this on the Notes application on my iPhone while sitting quietly at a table full of teachers. […]
Plai Ruaa
Neil Pickus, 131 YinD July 2019 was perhaps the most transient and fleeting month of my life so far. I was in and out (mostly out) of my “regular” life at site, […]
Group 131 Yearbook: Words of Appreciation
Counterparts and Community of Group 131 Every year, during the first few months of service, Peace Corps staff visit the new group of Peace Corps Volunteers at their sites to see how […]
Home
Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD Home is the Nationals’ radio broadcast while I make breakfast and Home is Kacey’s “Slow Burn” while I stretch away the stress and Home is reading for hours […]
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 […]
Never Thought I’d Be Into ___ Until I Joined Peace Corps
Check out what a few Sticky Rice staff members thought they would never be into until they joined Peace Corps. Ali Talwar, 130 TESS I never thought I’d be a proponent of […]
Apple Pie
Roshawn Hollie, 131 YinD I looked at a million words the rhyme with “goodbye.” The best rhyme I found was “apple pie.” If I compared this experience to apple pie, I would […]
End of the Honeymoon Period
Daylisha Reid, 130 YinD It happened to me. All of the things I refused to believe could. People said, “Enjoy it while it lasts,” and I thought to myself, “Please, that could […]
Journal Entry: Fourth of July in Thailand
Kevin Lentz, 131 YinD The town center bustles with men hustling their produce to market and women bargaining. Amid the sounds of chickens and loud K-pop from students’ phones, shop boys and […]
The Shortcut Not Taken: Baseball, Bites, and Broken Noses
Natalie Heinitz, 130 YinD Before anything else, I highly suggest reading my fellow PCV Gabriel’s article on how Peace Corps is basically one big baseball game and then come back here. My day […]
On Stonewall
Casey Butler-Camp, 130 YinD This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, an event that has been said to have sparked the beginning of the “gay […]
