September 2004 (Sarahart, Armenia): This is one of our favorite photos from our time in the Peace Corps. The location is high up in the mountains above Sarahart (Alaverdi), located in northern Armenia. The view of the photo is looking northeast along the Debed River valley toward Azerbaijan. During this time in our Peace Corps service, […]
Last weekend, we hosted a Vardavar celebration at our home with fellow Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Armenia. Our gathering included Laura and myself along with our future Peace Corps volunteers Ethan and Autumn, and RPCVs David and Eloise Barshes, and Dominic and Sarah Monley. While we didn’t all serve at the same […]
This past week has found my MP3 player continuously playing the soundtracks to the movies Juno and Into The Wild. I have seen the movie Juno, but only read the book Into the Wild when it first hit the bookshelves in the 90’s. I highly recommend owning both soundtracks. The Juno soundtrack is very catchy […]
The Armenian Genocide refers to the slaughter and fatal deportation of hundreds of thousands to over a million Armenians as well as intentional and irreversible ruination of their economic and cultural life environments during the government of the Young Turks from 1915 to 1917 in the Ottoman Empire. It is now widely acknowledged to have […]
I found this series of articles that highlights current environmental problems in Armenia at “Armenia Now“. The website reports on the current events of Armenia and offers insight into the political process that is shaping Armenia. The article in the top right on the Alaverdi Copper factory was especially intriguing to me because Laura and […]
Work, work work…lots of work on the website. I have added many new pictures throughout the pages. You’ll notice the new graphic for the main navigation links is looking sharp. Ouch! Many big thanks to Jason Sprague for helping me with CSS and the php email form we now have in our contact section. Take […]
Have a wonderful new year’s everybody! We just got off the phone with our friend Nellie. She lives in Armenia and their new year arrives in an hour. Armenians will have family come to their house and celebrate with a large feast and beverages. It’s a great tradition that we are sad to miss. I […]
