Deafening Happiness
Eric Brown is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Atlántico, Colombia. – Atlántico I flow forth from giant stacks Of metal and […]
A Message For Musicians
Hannah Everett is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in Magdalena, Colombia. – “DO. RE. MI. FA. SOL. LA. SI.” The seven musical syllables of a solfège spelled […]
Fiddler’s Stage
Rebecca Nash is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in Magdalena, Colombia. – Since I can remember, I’ve been a singer. I’ve sung in choirs, in quartets and […]
I’m Going Through Some Changes
Kaleb Rogers is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in Atlántico, Colombia. – I’m sitting on the bus with my headphones in, pushing just enough air past my […]
My Peace Corps Playlist
Mixie McConnell is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in La Guajira, Colombia. – The first and only time I have made a playlist […]
Texas: A Fiction
Cutter Ulhorn is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in La Guajira, Colombia. – Mirah – Lonestar Texas bleeds in and out. They do […]
Arrival
Sybelle VanAntwerp is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in Magdalena, Colombia. – Just get to your community, I tell myself. First quietly, inside my head. Yet as I […]
Woven Words
Yosili Amador is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Atlántico, Colombia. – Ay mi Colombia hermosa! Mi dulce pesadilla. Every day te vivo pero sometimes […]
35k Bike Ride in Dibulla, La Guajira
Alexandra Chavarriaga is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in La Guajira, Colombia. – Title: 35k Bike Ride in Dibulla, La Guajira On my 30th birthday, I decided to […]
A Healthy Body for the Right Mind
Gabe Levy is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Bolívar, Colombia. – Having just passed the one-year marker in country, I am familiar with […]
Thyme and Again
Belen Castillo is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Atlántico, Colombia. – When I first started looking at different Peace Corps posts, I definitely did […]
The Kids Are Alright
Paul LaMancusa Jr. is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Bolívar, Colombia. – The kids don’t care if you didn’t leave your house that day. […]
Serendipitous Self-Care
Chaney Skadsen is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Bolívar, Colombia. – We’re all in the same boat here: foreigners in a new pueblo, around […]
A Love Letter to my Local Mall
Maya Sadagopal is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Sucre, Colombia. They say you always want what you can’t have. Though we frequently apply this […]
Sway
Cutter Ulhorn is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in La Guajira, Colombia. – I. Life It is night, and along the mountains is […]
