Beauty – Page 6

Boy Comes Home | The Pueblo Press Issue Three

July 15, 2018July 15, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

I’ve been in Peace Corps service for a year and a half of my two year commitment. I’m not sure you can call this the ‘home stretch,’ especially because I do not play sports, but[…]

De Tal Palo, De Tal Astilla 3 | My Parents’ Visit

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

Be sure to read 1 and 2 first! DAY SEVEN: Panajachel is the biggest tourist hub on Lake Atitlán. Lake Atitlán is a popular Guatemalan destination, it’s stunningly beautiful, and it’s got “lake towns” scattered[…]

De Tal Palo, De Tal Astilla 2 | My Parents’ Visit

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

Continuing, my parents visit, the first post here. DAY FOUR: In the morning on Thursday, March 29th, I woke up on fabulously comfortable mattress in Antigua to find my parents had already eaten breakfast. Hostel[…]

Love Letter to Before

April 30, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

I am breaking through the surface of this experience to write you a love letter. You, someone I knew since before Peace Corps. It is almost May and I have (por lo menos/at least) 7[…]

The Big Cry, Part Two

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

Continued from The Big Cry (Part One) Clara saw my tears, grabbed my bags and helped me up the concrete steps, my host mom following behind. I immediately went for the medical kit and took[…]

A Very Unusual February (in Peace Corps)

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

It turns out that 31 is not too old to experience something new and unexpected for the first time. If you’re starting to feel moldy from routine, Peace Corps is for you. But I’m referring[…]

Hallada | My 76th Word in Guatemala

January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

The first 6 months in site were beautiful and difficult: everything was novel, quaint almost primitive (I use this word to mean simple but not unsophisticated or crude). Every tortilla, every billowing laugh from my host[…]

Le invito | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

December 10, 2017December 20, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

I’ve been in site for a year on December 6 (wave your hands in the air!). This experience keeps unfolding like backwards origami, or maybe like forwards origami (you know, the normal direction of origami).[…]

La Imagen Corporal | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

December 3, 2017December 20, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

La Imagen Corporal, Body Image, is a term I learned working with youth. As I spent the better part of a year teaching healthy self-esteem, positive identity and knowing your value as an individual, in[…]

Delantal | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

October 28, 2017October 28, 2017 First Person Foreign75 Words in Guatemala

So….. This is not my first time writing about the wonders of Guatemalan indigenous clothing: traje típico. It’s the traditional clothing of the Mayan culture that is utilized in the pueblos of Guatemala. Each region[…]