Senior Moments
Our dear friend and 80-year-old Peace Corps Volunteer John Guy LaPlante writes from the Ukraine this week with a wonderful column about something that is unusually green at this time of year - yes, grass! He opens our eyes - and minds - to some fascinating cultural differences between the US and Ukraine regarding something as simple as grass and how we tend it ... or not. Read More ...
John Guy LaPlante Published 07/13/09 |
Senior Moments
We welcome back our long-distance writer today. Eighty-year-old Peace Corps Volunteer John Guy LaPlante tells the story of a day he spent in court in Ukraine ... visiting, we're pleased to say, not being prosecuted! His heartbreaking account highlights many differences between American and Ukranian justice. Read More ...
John Guy LaPlante Published 05/13/09 |
An Unusual Conversation
As we still sit here awaiting the arrival of spring, our friend and veteran Peace Corps Volunteer John Guy LaPlante writes this week about a seasonal problem he found himself facing in the Ukrainian winter. He describes how - (thanks to a computer) - he and his landlady have (hopefully) been able to solve it together. Read More ...
John Guy LaPlante 04/13/09 |
Giving Thanks in Ukraine
Our dear friend and Peace Corps Volunteer in the Ukraine, 79-year-old John Guy LaPlante, has sent us a Thanksgiving letter that we're glad to share with our readers. He tells not only of the feast he enjoyed Satuday, Nov. 22, but also of the winter weather that seems to have settled in for the season already. Read More ...
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A Taste of Teaching and a Look at the Library
Perhaps we should have tipped off the Peace Corps that when they took on our dear friend John Guy LaPlante as a Volunteer, he would be no wallfower. Well, true to form, we learn this week about John's latest project in the library where he's working - but, typically, it's nothing simple. No, John has decided to computerize the library - and if he succeeds, this will be the first such library in the Ukraine! Read More ...
John LaPlante Published 9/9/08 |
Meeting the People - Police, Bankers &... Drunks
Our intrepid 79-year-old Peace Corps Volunteer John Guy LaPlante is back to tell us more about his life as a fully-fledged volunteer, describing how long it can take to do simple things like drawing money from a bank in the Ukraine, and how things like waiting for the bus can suddenly become dangerous. Read More ...
John LaPlante Published 10/27/08 |
New Home, New Ways
Our beloved Peace Corps Volunteer, John Guy LaPlante, (age 79 - or have you had a birthday, John?) tells us this week about life in his new apartment, and how he has solved various domestic problems as they have arisen. We will now return to weekly instalments from John after a lapse caused more by his publisher than John himself! Read More ...
Guy LaPlante Published 8/27/08 |
Adjusting to Change, Settling Into a New Routine
Our favorite Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV), John Guy LaPlante (age 79), is back with us again this week after a short break. He tells us about the adjustments in his life in Ukraine resulting from having qualified as PCV (after three months intensive training), starting his 'real' job, and needing to find new accommodation. Read More ...
By John Guy LaPlante Published 07/19/08 |
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