One of the many women's choruses at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, Ukraine, 2009. This region of southern Ukraine was formerly called Bessarabia, and I have been told that there are more than 30 ethnic groups or cultures in Odessa...
My husband and I arrived in Chile in late September of 1967. Our town had never encountered Americans and were skeptical about why we were there, despite our best explanations. Perhaps as a test to win their confidence, their first request was that...
Young Ukrainian song-and-dance group get ready to perform at a Summer Festival, to celebrate the region's fine Ukrainian honey. Honey producers had put together an extensive display of honey and its health merits, as well as mead, beeswax, royal...
This was taken during a community Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, southern Ukraine. Many choruses participated - all with colorful costumes! This is a renowned wine-growing region, which is why a big bunch of grapes is featured as part of...
This photo was taken at a Festival of Russian Culture in Vilkova, southern Ukraine in 2009. Many choruses participated, as well as an appreciative audience member! (Note the stance of one of the organizers in the background. She did not seem to...
Full text of Who's Who in the Peace Corps--Washington, which includes staff bios of many of the founding staff members of the Peace Corps. Approximate date of publication is 1963.
I couldn’t resist taking this happy snap of my neighbor’s dog nursing her brood. Pupup belonged to an 8 year old child who took very good care of her. Please note that the nursing puppy on the far right is a kitten. As in the US and as in...
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...
This is one of a series of photos I took to document the introduction of school gardens to basic schools. Please note that the children arrived for planting day in their immaculate and crisply ironed uniforms. This was an amazing event as it...
I took this photo in Ewarton at a workshop for presenting HIV/AIDS information to basic school principals and educators. It was part of a program introducing healthy lifestyle habits during early childhood. This was earthshaking as both the...
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...
I took this photo at the finish line of the first race. BREDS is an organization established in 1998 by Peace Corps Volunteer Aaron Laufer and local community leaders. The funds raised during this brutal, yet joyful, annual competition support...
I took this photo as some of contestants were rising from the Caribbean Sea post swimming portion of the Triathlon. Make no mistake, this was a grueling event. The ocean swim was first. Then came the running and bicycling events. Some of the...
I took this photo of Joy during a swearing in ceremony for Group 78. She was a beloved member of the Peace Corps Jamaica Staff for 35 years. Peace Corps lost her in August of 2011 following an illness. She was, indeed, a joy for the hundreds of...
I chose this photo taken 25 March 2008 in room 5 of the Ewarton Health Centre, not for its technical merits, but because it documents one of those turning point days. Late in August of 2007 I arrived in St. Catherine. My first assignment was to...