Linnea Ashley on November 3rd, 2009

You’d think I’d have pulled it together by now. But I’m still in transition mode because everything is still pretty much in flux. A perfect example is today’s food intake: a piece of beef jerky, half a little baggy of plantain chips, and some water. At least that was the case for the first part […]

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Linnea Ashley on November 3rd, 2009

Sundays are rough. The other volunteers warned me. And whether it was rough because I was anticipating the antithesis of smooth or because, well, Sundays are rough – is a moot point. The problem began with me waking up earlier than I would have liked. I had to pee. and if I were at home […]

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Linnea Ashley on November 2nd, 2009

Still new to Liberia, I find myself trying to find a pattern to the people, the behavior. I continue to fight against what I knew to be true in South Africa because it is worlds away and does not apply here. Everything here is a product of the war. Or at least that’s what humanitarian […]

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