I took this photo while biking on the road from my home in Spaldings, Jamaica to my work at Knox Community College. The photo evokes the scents and sounds of rural Jamaica to me.
Work; Women in Peace Corps; Education; Girls' education; Environment
I took this photo on the north coast of Jamaica of students from my "Environmental Awareness" class at Knox Community College. This is was the first time most of them had ever been to the ocean or beach. I took them tidepooling and swimming. To get...
This is a photo taken in 2003 of where we would hand wash and dry our laundry. We used rainwater collected in a cistern on the roof. We could wash our clothing most of the year, unless the dry season ran long, when we might be out of water for...
I took this photo in 2003 while we were in Peace Corps training living with our host family. In the photo (left to right) is my husband, Bryan Murray, our fellow Volunteer Michael Loftin, and our host dad Mr. Rochester. Playing dominoes on outdoor...
One of a series on Jamaican celebrations, I took this photo of a first grader fussing over Baby Jesus as the actors were headed to the courtyard show. Facial expressions of his fellow performers were revealing and priceless. This 12 December...
I had the uncanny good luck of encountering these women very early in my PCV service and took this photo on 23 July 2007.
Good friends for years, they typified the strong networking relationships so necessary in a community struggling with major...
This photo shows fellow Volunteer Donna and myself in front of a little apartment in Kingston, Jamaica. Machetes were a common landscaping tool and very cheap. Notice the bike, which was the common way we got around in the city. We were just...