Realizations

First Time Back | A Peace Corps’ Brain on Fire

August 12, 2017August 27, 2017 First Person ForeignBlank Slate

On July 1, my cousin got married. After 9 months outside the US of A, I was returning for 5 days. In late March I bit the bullet and bought the ticket from Guatemala to[…]

Am I Really Moving Here? Should I Stay? | Hamburg

October 20, 2015April 18, 2016 First Person ForeignBeauty

So here’s the thing. I’m here. Today it was sunny. Yesterday it was sunny. The four days before that, the sky was the color of an armadillo’s iris and I could. hardly. deal. The thing[…]

Why Do You Think I’m So Lucky? | Hamburg

October 17, 2015April 18, 2016 First Person ForeignExploration

I was shopping with a friend in Trader Joe’s. I hate running into acquaintances in public because the conversation is usually forced, engineered or clammy. When do you leave a short chat with someone you[…]