Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina Editor’s note: Jane Spelce served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, South America, from May 2013 to May 2015. She served in two communities, Yataity and San Bernardino. Prior to joining the Peace
Several times a year Peace Corps volunteers hold a musical event called "Ahendu" at a club in Asunción. Most of the music performed is rock, jazz, blues. I thought it'd be fun to play the violin but
September 10, 2014: Here are photos of some of my violinistas in their first classes! I am very proud of them. They are so attentive. Although they've not yet learned how to play, I allowed them to pull the bow
I will be posting “catch-up” photos and comments plus a few stories, on my blog as I wind up my service here in Paraguay. So you’ll receive notification of many postings
Last weekend I was asked to perform at an outdoor Serenata at the chapel [tooltip text="Capilla San Miguel Arcangel" gravity="nw"]A beautiful, large neighborhood chapel with a church school next door[/tooltip] just up the road from here so I prepared a few
July 31: Yesterday was Day of Friendship here in Paraguay and words cannot describe the great fun we had! I was invited to give a presentation at the meeting of retired professors. How wonderful is this group of women. All
May 21: just had to show you all this fun thing. Sometimes amidst project meetings, translation attempts and class preparation, it seems good to stop and do something simple and creative! Here is a finished product, a little chair, and
When Steve Martin said that, I laughed, but I thought about it this way, too - The sun goes down, you lose it. There is the darkness of night, and the next day, how great! There you are again, back
I've been meaning to tell you about a very exciting project in my new site. It's so surprising and I'm very grateful. I will go into some detail because I believe that the unusual happenings are in the details. I need
The juice of a most delectable mango is running down my chin as I try to type. I think I may be in heaven, actually. Most every night Nuni delivers to me a cold mango brought from the patio refrigerator