I know what I’m looking for, but right now I just don’t know how or even where to begin. Last week I traveled back to St. Lucia for my cohort’s Close of Service (COS) Conference, which came and went like a passing breeze. It was a challenging week emotionally, as one PCV described the atmosphere as [...]
I guess you could say that I have “peaked” here in Grenada. Last weekend, I hiked to the summit of Mt. St. Catherine, the highest point in Grenada at roughly 2,750 feet above sea level. Yet, in reality there’s more to it than that. This week we returned to school from the two-week Easter vacation, meaning [...]
A beautiful sunsrise as seen from Bathway Beach.Green Island and Sandy Island can be seen on the horizon.My beach bum companion for the morning.My hammock set up for the night beside PCV Deb Campelia.My first beach-side Caribbean bonfire. Rubbing soft sleep from my eyes A bright light takes to the sky, An emerging sun on [...]
I lean back on the steel screen fencing of the market, watching as vehicles cruise past on the road. Throngs of people bustle throughout the cloud of barbeque smoke billowing from a grill over the street. Some of them are running errands, others waiting on a bus or chatting with a friend, leaving the rest [...]
7:21 a.m. My phone alarm’s muffled ring comes from somewhere buried under the sheets. In that momentary burst of energy that comes from a sudden arousal from sleep, I dig through the bed sheets, tossing pillows aside and hitting the snooze button almost immediately. The alarm now silent, I exhale softly. Rolling back over, I close my [...]
“A feeling generated by the mystery of water; water that seems alive, always rushing past yet never going, always the same yet ever different.” * * * My time at home began with a long, quiet plane ride from Grenada to Miami. The gentle whirring of the plane’s engines provided a monotonous comfort. There’s always [...]
Dear Reader, There's that old idea that if you put a letter in a bottle and cast it out to sea, it will cross the entirety of the ocean to its recipient on the other side. As the Christmas season is fast approaching, messages are being sent from all across the world. Trees are being [...]
While the strike continued on and off over the past few weeks, I did what I could to be productive with the time away from school. However, as what often happens when you focus on a task for too long, it’s easy to become a little restless and go a bit ‘stir-crazy,’ if you will. [...]
It’s like that time you were a kid; that hot summer day in the middle of July. School was out so you had time to kill. You’re at the top of the steepest hill in the neighborhood, straddling the bike that came as a birthday gift two summers ago. The road seems as long as [...]
Pacing back and forth from the classroom to the gate of the school, I peek once more to see if anyone else is coming up the road. A few children chase each other around the carpark beside me. “You guys coming in for Story Night?” I ask curiously. “Yes!” one of the boys exclaimed. “We’re [...]