From time to time, I see interesting search terms that people used to find my site, and I try to provide the needed information, however belatedly, for which those folks were searching. Here are three random queries of note:
(1) “Village Empowerment Project” donation
Ah! Is this a query about HOW to donate? If so, [...]
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Just when I was good and distracted by my recent trip to Peru, wham! I wake up crying yesterday morning. How could Grandma be gone? In my dream it was inconceivable and yet so devastatingly true that she is dead that I broke down.
And yet, how can this level of intensity still be [...]
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I just noticed that someone came to my site having searched: “what to get peruvian women as a gift.” A mere commodities search or something more philosophical? My first response is clean water, health care for their children, enough food to feed the family. But then it hit me: WHICH Peru [...]
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My husband and I were reading The Hobbit to our son, as some of you may recall seeing in earlier posts where I pointed out several ways in which the book seemed relevant to me (as I prepared for my service trip to Peru). Well, we almost finished reading before I left — got through [...]
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I only have a few minutes to post today but wanted to share some photos from my trip to Peru. Is a picture worth a thousand words…really!? Not sure about that old adage, but in any case, these’ll have to do for now! (These pixs are set up for on-line viewing and won’t come out [...]
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Top ten things I most love about being home after my 17 day trip to rural Peru…
(1) running water, i.e., plumbing
(2) a flushable toilet with toilet seat actually attached and that I can SIT ON!
(3) hot water from the tap that I can use to wash my hands without needing hand sanitizer afterwards
(4) hot shower [...]
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Well, it´s been a pretty long two weeks, but as always happens, the end sneaks up on ya and it´s hard to believe it is almost over! Tomorrow we leave Huarmey for Lima on the 11 a.m. bus. We get to the airport early, rent lockers for our bags, and then take off on a [...]
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Just a quick note. We leave for Raypa (mountains) againa tomorrow, but hope to be back in a couple of days. For anyone reading this blog hoping to hear news of participants, here´s what I know now after group 3 unexpectedly arrived in Huarmey tonight…
history prof is doing well, getting good footage
all undergraduate women doing [...]
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Hard to believe yesterday morning I was in Casma, and here I am in Huarmey 24 hours later in the cleanest and fastest internet cafe in the country, I dare say. I´ve just had my morning tea (manzanilla, AKA chamomille) at the local juice bar (where I thoroughly enjoyed watching M eat five pan con [...]
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Almost immediately upon publishing my last post, I felt the unfairness of leaving it there without a follow up on a more positive note. Here is my coda, written tonight after an afternoon spent reading in my hotel room here in Casma. When I am sick, I like to read. So it was VERY helpful [...]
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