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At least take a sip
If you are in Armenia and you are invited to a party, more than likely it is going to involve drinking. Armenians are fond of drinking. And they drink a ... read more
by Matthew Hamilton
25 Sep 2009
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Armenia
Philippines
Introduction: Life as a Peace Corps Volunteer
The Philippines is a caravan of more than 7,000 islands traveling through the Ring of Fire, the vigorous seismic zone that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. It is here, in a small town near the Northeastern tip of Luzon, where I live, work, and play. “Life is calling. ... read more
by Matthew Hamilton
07 Aug 2009
Armenia
Knowledge is Unremittingly Personal
There is power in a yet-to-be-fulfilled promise; a power in time. One of the astonishing strengths of love is that it can make boundaries between people so easy to break. It can glide, smiling, around social, vocational, and linguistic roadblocks; it can disarm difference, banish history, slice through power divides. ... read more
by Rachel Yamahiro
18 Jul 2009
Armenia
Rediscovering Soul
Reopening wounds and “dancing in my blood” has ameliorated some of my missing spirit, but only just enough to realize what has been so very wrong. Music has always been my catalyst and makes me return to moments where nothing else mattered but the immediate. I began to find little ... read more
by Rachel Yamahiro
18 Jul 2009
Armenia
Bohemia and Saroyan
It is this year and it is now and already the tree and rock are saying with the others who have speech that perhaps and only perhaps it may have been here in this spot on earth that the boy stood dwindling to the pavement to the asphalt to the ... read more
