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Showing posts with label Peace Corps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peace Corps. Show all posts
Friday, November 10, 2023

My Body Knows I've Been Shoveling Snow and Peace Corps Recruiter

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So, this is what it looked like Tuesday after the clouds cleared after Anchorage's first snow of the year.  A bit late, but it's her...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Despite Blog Post Supply Chain Problems - Here's Hamilton and Irma Vep

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Blog post are backed up waiting to get through the Panama Canal equivalent of from my brain to my fingertips.  Floating out there are posts ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Made It To Kamphaengphet Saturday In My Summer Anchorage Biking Trek

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Back in May I described my itinerary - Chiangmai to Bangkok - 745 kilometers.  I'm doing this on the bike trails of Anchorage.  The orig...
Friday, July 03, 2020

Short Takes - RPCV Joins Alaska SC, Maxwell Arrest, Racism Like Apple Pie, Russian Bounty

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Note: Another big COVID increase today.  Click COVID tab above for daily updates on state case counts 1.   Alaska's newly appointe...
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Peace Corps Volunteers Fired, Brought Back Home Without Insurance [Updated]

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As an RPCV (Returned Peace Corps Volunteer) I feel compelled to note here that some 7300 active Peace Corps volunteers were brought back hom...
Monday, January 28, 2019

Gramping, Comparing Earthquakes, And Lunching With An Old Friend

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Yesterday I took my grandson to the California Academy of Science. I wanted to do a redo of their earthquake reenactment room.  I'd be...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

The Road to Sleeping Dragon

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I mentioned Michael Meyer's book The Road To Sleeping Dragon in the last post. Meyer went to  a rural Sichuan province as a Peace Cor...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

From Early Airport Run To World Cup To China

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Our guests of two weeks had a 6am flight, so we left the house a little after 4am.  D's family is family and it was great to have the th...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Tom Wolfe (1930 - 2018)

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See Note About the Cover Below* At the end of my stint as a Peace Corps volunteer, I read Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's...
Thursday, January 04, 2018

Trump Nominates Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jody Olsen To Be New Peace Corps Director

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Here's from an email I got from The National Peace Corps Association: "President Trump has nominated Josephine "Jody"...
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Wednesday, April 05, 2017

While Dutch Men Protest Gay Couple Attack Hand-in-Hand, Anchorage Protests By Electing Two Gay Men To Assembly

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Last summer,  already campaigning at PrideFest, Christopher Constant told me (off camera, but his poster didn't hide things) that if he ...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Structural Difference Between US and 1930's Germany That Makes It Harder For Trump

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As a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, I began to understand the differences between a centralized national government and one that split p...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

The Anchorage Assembly Has As Many Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) As The Next Congress

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An email from the National Returned Peace Corp Volunteer group notes: "With the retirement of Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA) in January,...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Goodbye To The King of Thailand

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First let me send my condolences to my friends in Thailand.  This is a day that was long expected, yet when it actually happens it is still ...
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Friday, August 05, 2016

Four Years Later, Becky's Back From Mexico

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Anchorage Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) had a BBQ Thursday evening.  I vaguely knew that the Anchorage Assembly now has TWO RPCVs o...