Albuquerque to Azerbaijan

The real-life musings and experiences of a middle-aged Peace Corps volunteer. Note: the views on this blog are mine alone, and do not reflect those of either the US Peace Corps or the US Government.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Define 'multilingual'

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I speak Azerbaijani. Poorly, I speak it poorly, in all honesty. I have some things I say over and over again, like, “My Azerbaijani is rea...

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Friday, May 30, 2014

A meyva bonanza

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It’s May and fruit season has come to Azerbaijan! Fruit is available throughout the year, really, but not all fruits and certainly not my ...

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Stand up, sit down, fight, fight, fight!

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When I get back to the States, I’m not sure I’m going to know what to do without all of the reminders of Heydar. In Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliy...

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Baku, city of dreams. Or at least ham sandwiches.

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Well, it finally happened. After all of these years, I am finally getting to use my bachelor’s degree. No, I wasn’t an English major, but t...

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Coming to grips with the downslope

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When, exactly, did I lose it? I remember noticing it happening four years ago when I took my then-16-year-old stunning daughter to Costa Ri...

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Saturday, April 12, 2014

Camera yoxdur

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My camera died. It wasn’t my favorite camera to begin with, but it was still a huge setback since it was my only one. And naturally, it ha...

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Bağ adventures

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One of my fellow volunteers moved into a new independent housing situation last month. She lives in what we would call in New Mexico the ...

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