A Peace Corps Experience

I’m finally  getting around to writing about my vacation to Spain in late March – my second European trip since moving to the Eastern Hemisphere. My granddaughter was visiting a friend in Madrid and invited me to join her. I began my Spain vacation with three days in Barcelona, and finished it with a twenty-two hour layover on the the island of Gran Canaria. We spent eight days… ....READ MORE | 5 Comments

My project as an Agriculture Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa is to teach gardening and tree planting methods to students in grades seven through twelve. My school is near a large town in the North Bank Region, and not all of the students come from farming families. Many people in my area make their living as merchants, work in transportation, staff government offices, teach… ....READ MORE | 2 Comments