Monthly Archives: November 2010

Katie G

It was late on a Monday nite.  I had arrived in Delaware earlier that day, and spent the majority of it reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire inside of a local coffee shop called Central Perk.  After an evening spent eating wings at a bar and watching Michael Vick single-handedly crush the Washington...

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PCSA Journal Excerpts – Homestay – July/August 2007

July 2007 7/28/07 “My host mother, Dineo, has a husband, but I don’t know where he is.  She said he was not working today – he was fitting carpets for the house.  I’m not sure what his job is exactly – he works in Jo’burg (about 3 hours from here) as a “florist” according to...

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PCSA Journal Excerpts – Staging, Flight, Mankwe – July 2007

In the coming weeks and months, I will be going back into my journals from my time as a Peace Corps volunteer in South Africa. I decided to post excerpts from my journal intermittently as this process goes on. I hope you’ll enjoy. Staging, the Flight, and Mankwe – July 2007 “The best part of the...

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Hiking with Chelsea

A few weeks ago, I had the distinct pleasure of going for a walk in the woods with Chelsea. The wind was fierce, the colours were exploding, and we talked about the bass ackwards idea that Chelsea was raised a NY Giants fan, despite the fact that she grew up in upstate NY, which should...

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