This picture was taken in Yambol, Bulgaria, in the winter of 2009. One of our two city accordionists (the less crazy one) was doing his thing on my morning walk to school, right in front of our 15th century ottoman mosque. Needless to say, it was...
My host mother owns a salon where she does make up and coordinates the outfits for many weddings, cultural celebrations and other special events in our village. One night at home early in my service my host sisters suggested we all dress up and...
This photo was taken in August of 2010 in a smalll village in the Eastern European country of Moldova. During my pre-service training, my host father and I spent many evenings playing our guitars together on the front porch for the rest of the...
Here, I'm playing Omweso, a local board game, with a local farmer in the nearby trading center of Mpatta village in Mukono District. As was typically the case, in addition to playing Omweso, we exchanged news, upcoming village events, and even the...
This photo was taken in the home of my host family. My host brother, Paul, introduced me to the wide array of games that children play using their sandals. This photo features Paul throwing his sandal into the line of sandals, attempting to knock...