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A blog on living life abroad and stateside since 2018.
If This Isn't Nice, I Don't Know What Is
If This Isn't Nice, I Don't Know What Is
Occasional Musings from a Traveler of the World
26. The Camino Provides
26. The Camino Provides
This phrase, “the Camino provides,” is well-known to any pilgrim/peregrino. Let me count thine ways…
25. My Camino de Santiago
25. My Camino de Santiago
Why The Camino? In early April 2025, I was three months into unexpected unemployment, still quite bitter about the slow dismantling of USAID, and still processing the death of a dream I’d worked t…
24. The Celebration of Ignorance
24. The Celebration of Ignorance
To get to the bones of what I’d like to discuss (the Camino de Santiago), I must first set the stage and discuss key happenings over the last few years, what those from my English teaching days wou…
23. Book Review: Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie
23. Book Review: Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie
An essential guide for a sustainable future
22. Cloud Berry Farm Contributes Towards the Generational Sustainability of Agriculture in Korea
22. Cloud Berry Farm Contributes Towards the Generational Sustainability of Agriculture in Korea
21. When in Rome...
21. When in Rome...
Since the summer of 2018, I have been in the midst of a meandering, oftentimes unruly, multi-continental transition towards a career related to my passion for sustainable agriculture. This stemmed …
20. To South Korea, With Love
20. To South Korea, With Love
I could spend hours talking about how much I hate the coronavirus, but had it not existed, I never would have gone to Korea.
19. Let America Be America Again
19. Let America Be America Again
18. EVAC Part 3: Quarantined for Days in a Dystopian Nightmare
18. EVAC Part 3: Quarantined for Days in a Dystopian Nightmare
After arrival in America, what follows is a log of my thoughts each day as I acclimated back into a weird version of the country it remembered. Day 1 March 22, Sunday afternoon after landing at Dul…
17. EVAC Part 2: Murabeho. Turi Kumwe. Komera. Evacuated to America, a Foreign Country
17. EVAC Part 2: Murabeho. Turi Kumwe. Komera. Evacuated to America, a Foreign Country
16. EVAC Part 1: Rwanda in the Time of Coronavirus
16. EVAC Part 1: Rwanda in the Time of Coronavirus
15. My First 16 Months as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Rwanda
15. My First 16 Months as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Rwanda
Following are a list of reflections and ruminations that have entered my noggin throughout 2019, presented in no particular order, but covering a wide range of topics on philosophy, culture, and th…
14. Guest Post: A Tour of Rwanda’s Nature and Culture– A PCV Shares the Country He’s Serving
14. Guest Post: A Tour of Rwanda’s Nature and Culture– A PCV Shares the Country He’s Serving
I recently had the chance to visit my good friend Levi Rokey in Rwanda, where he is serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English. Rwanda was not a country that was on my list of places to vi…
13. ‘The Umuzungu Price’ / ‘Making it Rain Inzogas’
13. ‘The Umuzungu Price’ / ‘Making it Rain Inzogas’
12. My Aspiration Statement for Volunteering in Rwanda
12. My Aspiration Statement for Volunteering in Rwanda
11. Why did I join the Peace Corps?
11. Why did I join the Peace Corps?
For many prospective Peace Corps volunteers, a July 1 deadline is approaching for applications to serve in various countries and sectors around the world. To that end, I’d like to help as bes…
10. A Fallen Volunteer and “The Things She Carried”
10. A Fallen Volunteer and “The Things She Carried”
Hearing that my good friend and now returned Peace Corps volunteer (RPCV) Eden Rose would have to be medically separated, it reminded me of some words I’d written back in mid-January. The bel…
9. Spreading the Green Gospel of Kale
9. Spreading the Green Gospel of Kale
I love kale. Anyone who knows me from back home in America knows this. I love it so much that I have a shirt that says “kale.” So much so that when I applied to the Peace Corps, I talke…
8. (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Farm!)
8. (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Farm!)
7. A Day in the Life of Lewi
7. A Day in the Life of Lewi
6. A Morning Adventure to Byumba, by Minibus Taxi
6. A Morning Adventure to Byumba, by Minibus Taxi
5. Random Musings on the First Few Weeks of School
5. Random Musings on the First Few Weeks of School
4. I Would Walk 500 Miles (or 19!) for Christmas
4. I Would Walk 500 Miles (or 19!) for Christmas
3. The Peace Corps Oath
3. The Peace Corps Oath
2. Hi. My Name is Lewi. And I work. In a teaching factory.
2. Hi. My Name is Lewi. And I work. In a teaching factory.
1. Buri munsi ukora iki? (What do you do every day?)
1. Buri munsi ukora iki? (What do you do every day?)
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