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Ordinary Adventures: Moving On
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Or go to jmw556.wordpress.com. If you've been following this blog and you want to stay updated you'll have to re-subscribe over there. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Check Out My Fellow Volunteers. Http:/ mikadoo.tumblr.com/. What happens when the roomies are gone. Time to bake a cake. That's a little hyperbolic, but yeah. Goodbyes: Part 2 -or- Hellos*. Agent Stoermer in Senegal. Happy 52nd Independence Day, Senegal! Bon Voyage: Amanda's African Expedition. Goodbyes and all that Entails.
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Ordinary Adventures: Reading List
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Books make their way across the Atlantic in a variety of ways.in care packages, carry-ons and squirreled away in the luggage of new volunteers, but they all end up in the same place; Regional House Libraries. Thanks to generations of bookworm volunteers the Kaolack House has established a pretty formidable book selection. The following is the list of books I've read during my service along with the date completed. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin (1/8). Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (2/3).
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Ordinary Adventures: January 2012
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Cleanliness is Next to Godliness. After the meal. Its tough to teach an old dog new tricks, and despite my best impression of a broken record it has so far been impossible to convince the adults in the village that the cost of a .50 cent bar of soap per month is worth the prevention of diarrhea. That's where the kids come in. Laxad xa bay a paax (. Wash the hands a lot. Bar o wec safu of. Dont forget your soap. Laxadi boo te fax. Wash until they're good. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). It starts with a step.
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Ordinary Adventures: August 2012
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Some great pictures from my hike up to Laughton Glacier today. Enjoying my first real sunset in months. View from halfway up the mountain, town of Skagway in the valley on the right. Enjoying the July snow near the summit. Nearing the top at 5,000 feet. View from the summit at 10pm, still light as day. Our first suspension bridge. View down our longest line. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Check Out My Fellow Volunteers. Http:/ mikadoo.tumblr.com/. That's a little hyperbolic, but yeah. It starts with a step.
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Ordinary Adventures: Santa Cruz
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Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Check Out My Fellow Volunteers. Http:/ mikadoo.tumblr.com/. What happens when the roomies are gone. Time to bake a cake. That's a little hyperbolic, but yeah. Goodbyes: Part 2 -or- Hellos*. Agent Stoermer in Senegal. Happy 52nd Independence Day, Senegal! Bon Voyage: Amanda's African Expedition. Goodbyes and all that Entails. What to do with the time that is given us. Confessions on an Addict. Maddy and Paul in Senegal. Haa gongol (see you later) Senegal!
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Ordinary Adventures: December 2011
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No white Christmas this year. Green beans, roast beef, mac. And cheese, baked potatoes, yogurt dip with. Cucumbers and of course, cookies! The worst Christmas gift I received this year was from Senegal itself.a fever, strep throat and an ear infection. I spent much of the day wrapped in a sheet and fighting to stay awake. On the positive side, the Peace Corps gave me one of the best Christmas presents I've ever received.the paperwork and manuals associated with my Close of Service! Remove your faasa from...
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Ordinary Adventures: March 2012
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Chiquita Banana Bridesmaids (note the wine in a can). Lunch for 40.rice and sheep. Waste not want not. I Mean, MILLET! Old cooking method and new cooking method, side by side. Packing the stove with millet chaff. As I was preparing to leave Sambande, I just couldn't stop thinking about my poor mom having to make that trip out there every week by herself. So when I visited my neighbor Jessica in her town and found out that her sisters cook lunch every day with just one stick. Your sandals. See: Hell.
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Ordinary Adventures: October 2012
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If your friends jumped off a bridge would you? Guess that answers that question. 200ft. bam. A new perspective on Skagway. I never realized just how isolated Skagway really is. It was the perfect way to see the area one more time before saying goodbye to Alaska. Mountains beyond mountains beyond mountains. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If your friends jumped off a bridge would you? Check Out My Fellow Volunteers. Http:/ mikadoo.tumblr.com/. What happens when the roomies are gone. Time to bake a cake.
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Ordinary Adventures: October 2011
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This past weekend 12 volunteers converged on Liqueur de Warang, a local distillery just outside of Mbour that makes fruit liqueurs from local ingredients and spices. It has been on my Senegal bucket-list for quite a while now, and the simultaneous birthdays of two of my stage-mates was the perfect excuse for an 11am tasting. My favorite part was the chunks of real fruit resting on the bottom of my shot glass. Was a sweeter liqueur with a slightly lower alcohol content that was distilled from passion frui...
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Ordinary Adventures: November 2011
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All Aboard the Smile Train. The doctors and nurses of GSF and Barthemee hospital. Little Mohammed Ka before surgery. At the beginning of November I was given the honor of working with a group of thirteen American doctors and nurses from the Global Smile Foundation. Abdou Ba right before his surgery, still smiling! Abdou just one hour after his surgery, still a little groggy. But looking pretty good! Abdou's before and after shots. I really enjoyed working with the patients and feeling like I was really h...
