Right after I returned from twenty-seven months of Peace Corps service, the next three years were absolute mental hell. I had actually returned by boat, leaving from Barcelona and landing in Fort Lauderdale, and maybe it’s because of the sea legs I couldn’t shake for nearly a month, but I began to believe in the […]
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Also, this:
Many of you know I returned from my Peace Corps experience via cruise ship. I snapped this short video last night. It was a nice way to end the cruise:
A Barbadian Thanksgiving at Sea
I’m not sure how many people know that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I was standing on deck earlier leaning over the railing and staring at the open sea trying to figure out why that is; I’ve discovered that staring blankly into a few thousand miles of ocean feeds my brooding mind. I went out […]
“Sometimes, the Only way to Return is to Go where the Winds’ll take You”
When I embarked on this journey a little under two years ago, the idea that this period of my life could ever come to an end was just absurd. Two years is just long enough that if you want to be here, it doesn’t just become some temporary adventure; it becomes your life. And when […]
