Still no power at the Pearce abode. Naturally, it takes just as long to restore power to three or four customers as it takes to get 100 homes restored. And since our home is one of only two homes that receives power from the main lines up the street, we’ll likley be one of the …
Yearly Archives: 2002
Sheets of ice
Winter arrived to the Raleigh, North Carolina, area Wednesday afternoon as storms delivered sheets of ice that sent trees falling across streets and power lines. At the Pearce home front, numerous trees snapped in half or fell altogether due to the weight of the ice. Four fell across our driveway while three others took a …
Wooden benches and a prodigious amounts of sand
Got a great email from Peace Corps friend that I think highly of. Here are edited segements of his email: My site now has a movie theater? sort of. I recently went to the wooden building to see the premier of Spiderman with some friends. The wooden benches, prodigious amounts of sand, yellow-patched movie screen, …
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I miss cards, hackey sacks, and rum
I’ve been back from Guyana for three months now and thought I’d seen my friends down there a little update. Here’s what I sent: GUY Friends, I’ve now been back in the US for three months, the same amount of time we spent together in training. I think about you often and wanted to send …
Two phone interviews a week
Here’s a quick and brief update: I continue to conduct interviews, about two phone interviews a week, but have received no job offers. The medical association in Maryland said I was one of two candidates, but ended up offering the other candidate the job. I launched a new website for my dad’s company on Thursday. …