My host mother Nanuca and me in front of the Prut river in the spring of 2010. She and I were standing on what was formerly the border of the USSR. We explored the riverbank, which for the last half century was beyond a fence, formerly electrified...
Me, my host mother Nanuca, and our friend Tom in the summer of 2008. We're standing near our gazebo, which is covered with grape vines. Over the course of my service many a meal and conversation were had in that gazebo.
My host mother Nanuca and me mid-conversation in the summer of 2008. At times she's quite the comedian, which is why I'm looking at her so incredulously. Despite the near sixty years that separate us, we got along swimmingly and had many such...
this is a picture of my training group during a HUB day in Macedonia. The HUB day fell on Halloween 2009 and my training group really got into the Halloween spirit. We each went as the American holidays: St. Valentine (cupid), St. Patricks, the...
this is a photo taken on April 25, 2010 in Macedonia. There are students from the local high school that volunteered their time on a weekend to help pick up trash in a local park in honor of Earth day.
My host mom took this photo on September 18, 2009 on the final day of orientation week in Macedonia. We had just met our host parents for the first time, and in an effort to "break the ice" volunteers and their host families danced the oro.
This is a photo of the Girl Guides and myself at the top of Pigeon Point in Saint Lucia in August 2009. We did this hike as a wrap-up to our week-long HIV/AIDS & Healthy Lifestyles day camp, made possible through a SPA grant.
Two Peace Corps Volunteers sitting on a bus outside of Odessa, Ukraine. No idea where the bus driver is or when (or if) we will leave. And who cares in this moment in the time?
The two people in the middle are Marine guards at the American embassy in Kyiv and the two guys sitting on either end are Volunteers and dear friends. They are at my Ukrainian university to give a presentation on military life and Peace Corps life....
April Fool's Day in Odessa--a national holiday unlike any other in Ukraine. My counterpart and I escorted students to the port city of Odessa for a day-trip.
My host mother, Luda, with one of her sons, Igor. This was taken in July of 2009, when I left my permanent site for a visit. The room they are sitting in was my "bedroom."
My host mother, Luda, is in the yellow jacket, along with two neighbors. I'm the guy with the red beard. The other guy is a Russian national living in my host city. We spent a LOT OF TIME sitting in this kitchen, trying to communicate with my...