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Karen's Planet: NOLA
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Saturday, June 6, 2015. Alligators, Oysters, Music and Culture. As Janyn and I pass through the streets lined with hitching posts,. I comment, “It doesn’t feel like I’m in the United States”. But we are. We are in New Orleans. The buildings are ornate and old. Some architecture has a French flair and Greek Revival. Then there are some buildings that beg the question: how they are still standing? The smell reminds me of many foreign countries I’ve travelled through. Janyn and I enter ...
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Karen's Planet: November 2010
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Sunday, November 21, 2010. My dad and me in front of the Quonset Hut. That's George, my dog. He joined the Marine Corps and fought in the war. He came home with a pocket full of savings and flipped a coin. Heads he would go to college, tails he would spend the entire savings in the New Orleans jazz clubs. After countless beers and music-filled nights, he came to California broke and found work in a plastics factory. Once again, he did things his way. My father died young, more than t...
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Karen's Planet: Ghana is a Wrap!
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Thursday, October 16, 2014. Ghana is a Wrap! Akwaaba, Me din de Amma. I know slightly more Twi, but not too much more. I am called Abruni and don't mind. My sandals are a bit worse for wear and my backpack has held up through another country. Accra seemed overwhelming during my first few days, but in just a short time I learned to navigate the streets with ease. I will be leaving in the next couple of hours. Last night was my last evening with my students. A few kept asking when ...
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Karen's Planet: May 2010
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Sunday, May 30, 2010. Type II Diabetes in Saint Lucia is of epidemic proportions. Imagine. A lot of starch and sugar is eaten here. I spoke with a woman several months ago about her mother. She had her leg amputated. The woman said to me, “The doctors are very quick to amputate”. Links to this post. Sunday, May 23, 2010. It's all the same. Links to this post. Later in the afternoon I walked down the long road to the highway to catch a bus to Mon Repos, a nearby village. Within mi...
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Karen's Planet: September 2013
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Wednesday, September 18, 2013. WORLD TRAVEL - AN OPEN LETTER. I have given class absence permission to return home for medical treatment when you are unable to get proper treatment in the. I have also heard about your successes in adjusting. I have heard many of you tell stories of good people in the United States. For proper medical attention and struggled in many of the same ways as you. I have listened to your readjustment journey. Thank you for involving me in your lives. In 2006...
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Karen's Planet: September 2014
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Tuesday, September 30, 2014. HISTORY, CRAFTS, AND FRIENDLY STRANGERS. Janyn and I have planned a busy day. There is much to pack into the few short days she has here. 8220;I think we should take a taxi.” Janyn quickly agrees. Taxi’s are cheap. TroTro’s are more fun. In the end taxi’s are more efficient and save time. Our backpacks are loaded with water, nuts and other essentials. We are on our way. Matthew, the security guard, greets us and opens the gate. We are dropped off and walk...
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Karen's Planet: August 2014
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Friday, August 29, 2014. Daytime in the City. It is becoming hot and I am ready to end my walking journey through the streets of Accra. As I study the vendor selection of fried yams being cooked in a coal pot, what appears to be salt fish, although I’m uncertain, rice and packaged candies and crackers, I am reminded that I did buy peanut butter and saltines. Ah, Peanut Butter, the nutrition that sustained me in Saint Lucia for two years! A walk up “restaurant” if you will. Carolyn an...
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Karen's Planet: October 2014
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Thursday, October 16, 2014. Ghana is a Wrap! Akwaaba, Me din de Amma. I know slightly more Twi, but not too much more. I am called Abruni and don't mind. My sandals are a bit worse for wear and my backpack has held up through another country. Accra seemed overwhelming during my first few days, but in just a short time I learned to navigate the streets with ease. I will be leaving in the next couple of hours. Last night was my last evening with my students. A few kept asking when ...
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Karen's Planet: August 2010
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MY PEACE CORPS FAQs. Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Coming Home - Feeling Lucky. This is my group in the beginning. We never know how this adventure will unfold. And now, here I am at the ending. I'm sure each of our individual endings look different and any expectations we had when this photo was taken are a distant memory. Only a handful of people know that I only have two weeks left on the island. I have one foot firmly standing on Saint Lucia soil and the other foot stepping back into California. The li...
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