Lessons Learned From Here to There. Once upon a time this was a travel blog of adventures, full of sites and views from around the world. Now, its a blog of my time in med school abroad, and adventures therein. Thursday, April 29, 2010. Red lines are the paths taken by land. Monday, April 19, 2010. All roads lead to Rome.

PO Box 1770, Tsumeb, Namibia. government or the Peace Corps. The Elephant in the Middle of the Room. A Stranger in a Stranger Land. Monday, February 1, 2010. Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Monday, December 7, 2009.

Bridging the digital divide one pixel at a time. In March 2009, I was dropped off outside a busy casualty department of a developing-world hospital at two am on a Saturday morning and was met with all the kinds of sights, sounds and smells you might imagine.

8220;We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love. Monday, April 13, 2009. One Final Post then it is Lights Out on Gamecock in Namibia. It is common knowledge that I am in the United States and you all know I was medically separated from the Peace Corps after 16 months. If you are interested in exactly why my service came to an abrupt end, read on. Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

This is a place where you can read the columns that I write for the Daily Local News, the West Chester, Pa. , newspaper of which I am a senior staff writer. Sunday, October 10, 2010. This column originally appeared on Sept 10, 2010. And five National League pennants did not prepare me for having to stand in a kitchen in Pottstown while a baseball game I had no rooting interest in was being played. Jamie would watch the Phillies play on television.

Saturday, August 11, 2012. I know I should be giving minute by minute updates but there has just been so much going on.

So you might as well dance. To take time to move, ruminate and interact with others without too hung up on how I am perceived. Saturday, December 6, 2008. Tall reeds are used so when ants eat bottom, you can trim and pull down. Smart, nay? Friday, December 5, 2008. People are really scared of Chameleons! .

Just tales from the lavish lifestyle of a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Sunday, September 20, 2009. Also, our most recent VSO addition became a father today. His wife delivered a boy in India and will be joining us in Outjo in a few months. Congrats to the new family. Sunday, June 7, 2009. The first group of books are being delivered to schools in.