Archive for August, 2006

Waiting on invitation….

August 22nd, 2006 by JessPon.

I was nominated to go to Africa June 2007 as a Health/HIV worker. My medical kit was received by the Peace Corps Aug 2. I have received back my dental papers and my check from my dental work. But, so far I have not received any correspondence about my medical kit. I keep waiting on [...]

www.peacecorpsfund.org

August 14th, 2006 by peacecorpsfund.

Peace Corps Fund presents… GRANT WINNER’S HAPPY HOUR at Nightingale Lounge. Host: Peace Corps Fund Cost: $40 PRESALE & RPCV //$50 At the Door Meet our local PCF grant winners and learn more about our programs for writers, artists, and people [...]

The “unbearable?” lightness of being

August 14th, 2006 by mitkit.

The other night I spent some significant time trying to calm my wandering mind; I was at one of those points when I was feeling quite lonely, even in this world where it is difficult to really be lonely….sitting in a coffee shop in the middle of a large metropolis which is permeating with materialism [...]

Zambia 2007

August 13th, 2006 by c.easton.

Anyone headed to Zambia in January?

Hiking in Uzbekistan: Men with guns.

August 11th, 2006 by m.

This is a story from my service. it took place in early fall of 2004. My friend Nate and I have been looking at this hike for months now. On all of the highly accurate Uzbek maps (watch for flying oxymorons) we looked at there is a trail going north-south from Angren to Chimgan. basically this runs behind Parkent. [...]