This photo of me was taken at some point during my three years serving in the Solomon Islands. It is made from the teeth of dolphins, and the villagers got a kick out of this, as normally this type of adornment is worn by a woman.
For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
This picture was taken with my host family shortly before training ended in September of 1984. They took such good care of me. At first they attempted to serve me meals that they thought were Americanized. When they realized how much I liked...
For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti in 1984, all of the volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice...
For our first Thanksgiving in Haiti, all of the Volunteers traveled to Hinche to celebrate with the three forestry and fishery Volunteers and their neighbors. We roasted a turkey and served it along with some Haitian favorites like rice with pigeon...
This photo was taken during the swearing-in ceremony of the third and largest group of Volunteers to begin service in Haiti in 1984. Loret Miller Ruppe, the then-Director of the Peace Corps, came to Haiti to officiate. This photo shows eight of the...
I am teaching nutrition - breastfeeding and weaning - to women and children in Bossangoa, Central African Rep., 1981, speaking in the Gbeya language. These lessons were done twice weekly.
This photo was taken in my front yard in 1984 in Kapkenda, Kenya. The neighbor kids, whose parents were all teachers at my school, Kapkenda Girls High School, had never seen clothespins and were having a great time with them!
My cross country team, who were National Champions, taken at Kapkenda, Kenya in 1984. We won the National Championships both years I was there. We had a great time traveling to the different areas of the country for the meets! Kapkenda Girls High...
This was a picture of a Harambee - a fundraiser at my girls high school in Kapkenda, Kenya in 1985. The students were singing to all of the dignitaries in the area.
I found these elephant bones, apparently left by poachers as there were no tusks, in the game parks of N'Dele, in the northern part of the Central African Republic. This photo was taken by my fellow Volunteer and friend, Karen, in 1984.
One of the places I helped build fish ponds was Idembe, a small village far off any main road, in southern Gabon. This picture was taken when I visited there with another Volunteer, Pat, and our new volunteer coordinator (whose name escapes me). ...
I was a Volunteer from 1984-1986 in Pajiza, in the province of Sta Elena, Ecuador. This gentleman owned one of the two stores in town, and this is the youngest of his two daughters.
The children spent a lot of time in my house, so I kept crayons and paper around. When they asked me about where I came from, I told them I had lived near Mount St. Helens, which had erupted a few years earlier. This is one of my neighbors and...