Real talk

So, I haven't always been entirely straight with you. I mean, I have and I haven't. I've talked about the good and bad of serving in the Peace Corps, moments of frustration and moments of delight. Everything's been true. But as I post this, I'm waiting for a taxi to bring me to the airport …

Risking delight

"A Brief For the Defense" by Jack Gilbert: Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils. But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants. Otherwise the mornings before summer dawn would not be made so fine. The Bengal tiger would not …

(almost) Six months

Tomorrow marks six months since I first left home, flew to Miami for staging, and started on this journey. Time's gone by fast -- I guess I'm almost 25% done with my service? That's a strange thought. And the last couple weeks of vacation have gone by even faster. Since my last post, I celebrated …

One term down

As promised, things here have been a lot more eventful since the last post! It feels a little strange to have a three-week vacation already-- especially since living on a beautiful island can already feel like one-- but I'm definitely not complaining. The last week of school was pretty slow-- tests had finished the week …

Scattered thoughts

I've been returning to this blog post a few times over the last couple weeks, trying to figure out what to write about, scratching out a few ideas before saving my draft, drifting on. I've been trying to find the thread, something tangible to hold it all together. But I'll just be honest. There's not …

Day in the life

I've had a hard time explaining to people what exactly it is that I do here, how I pass the time. The last few weeks have been fairly average, following similar routines, so I've had a hard time thinking of what to write here. So I thought I'd write, in painstaking detail, about that routine. It could …

Vacation in vacation-land

In case you missed my obnoxious social media posts, I had a dream of a weekend in Bequia last week. I promise I'll try to keep this post short, otherwise it'll devolve into too much bragging about this gorgeous place I get to call home. Schools here had a half day last Wednesday for Independence …

Blanket answers pt. 2

Alrighty, back to normal now! I've been back in St. Vincent for almost a month now, so I thought I'd write a general catch-up post, answer the typical questions that've tended to come up, and post some pictures as a reminder that I'm living in paradise. It'll be a bit long, so I'll try getting …

Part of the narrative

So this is going to be a bit of an unusual post. In interest of full transparency, I’ll say outright that it’s not so much about my experiences here in the Peace Corps -- though that’s going great, and I’ll update in a few days. Rather, it’s a (somewhat delayed) personal reflection on the Kavanaugh …

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

After about 22 hours of traveling, I'm happy to announce that I've made it safely back to my home in St. Vincent and the Grenadines! I left yesterday morning, and my flights took me from SAN to JFK to SVG with very little sleep along the way -- not to mention my trip from SFO …