My Peace Corps Experience

By Meandering Maestro | November 3, 2026
Morning street market in Manjakandriana, Madagascar, with people walking and a cyclist

The Peace Corps likes to brag that it’s “the toughest job you’ll ever love.” I would amend this motto. My cousin Holli served in Africa in the 1990s and told me this about the experience when I was considering joining: “You’ll get way more out of it than the people you’re supposed to be serving.”…

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Where I Belong – Preview – Chapter 1

By Meandering Maestro | August 10, 2026
Close-up of low tundra plants in Alaska before winter

What follows is preview of Where I Belong. Enjoy Chapter 1 and then consider picking up the entire book! The Cessna ascended, like my expectations.             This was it, I hoped. I go into all of my various new jobs thinking this way. No more bouncing job to job, city to city, country to…

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