Posted by in Travel (Hot air balloon sunrise tour over the Nile) I am tardy in posting this blog about one of the most amazing trips that I took in 2022. I wrote a detailed narrative with photos and YouTube videos for friends and family about a year ago. Instead of rewriting it for my web followers, I will…Read more »
Posted by in Pink Flamingos My blog has readers and followers in over 75 countries, and now they can access my award winning memoir, In Search of Pink Flamingos, more easily. For my international readers, download the link below for the list of 43 different eBook distributors around the world who have it available. You can locate it by searching…Read more »
Posted by in Pink Flamingos, Travel (I am reposting this blog from 2 days ago because the earlier slideshow link did not connect. So Sorry.) The last time I was on an African safari was over 50 years ago in 1973. As a 20-year-old farmer’s daughter, I was gobsmacked, of course. So many animals in the plains of Tanzania and Kenya…Read more »
Posted by in Travel In February and March 2023, I returned to the heart of Africa for the first time since I departed Liberia in 1973. Much older, the second time around from my 20-year-old naive farm girl self, I wondered how I would feel or what I would think. I traveled to new countries I had never been…Read more »
Posted by in Travel, Uncategorized What’s the connection between electrical converters, tap water, and toilet paper in this blog? Seeking to escape the cold December weather of the Northwest, I visited Costa Rica for the fourth time. Each visit resulted in making new Tico/Tica friends. This time, I stayed in one location for a month, only venturing out a couple…Read more »
Posted by in Never the Same Again, Uncategorized What a poignant question during these turbulent times. And so what’s the Peace Corps got to do with it, you may ask? I was recently interviewed and asked this question for the WorldView magazine that was published in the Winter 2024 edition. This magazine sponsored by the National Peace Corps Association is supported by those…Read more »
Posted by in Travel, Uncategorized We have opportunities to be kind, be helpful, or pay it forward. Often it is not calculated…just a spontaneous gesture. In my travels this past year I have met many interesting people. This is a story of one lovely woman I met on one my transatlantic flights. I sat next to a 50 + year-old…Read more »
Posted by in Pink Flamingos, Uncategorized I contracted malaria 4 times during the 4 years I lived and worked in Africa (Liberia & Cameroon) in the 70s and 80s. Not because I was noncompliant with my antimalarial medication, but instead, the malarial parasite mutated causing the medication to become ineffective and drug resisitant. During that period, 60% of the Liberian children…Read more »
Posted by in Travel I grew up on the farm in Nebraska learning that the water we used was given by the clouds that rose above us. It filled our wells and nurtured our stomachs with the food it provided. My dad monitored our rain gauge regularly to manage our livelihood. We all need water and, surely, we have…Read more »
Posted by in Travel, Uncategorized One thing I’ve learned as a writer, our readers are interested in our qualifications. I never paid much attention or tallied how many countries I’ve traveled over my lifetime. However, when I wrote my first book, it was a question I was asked in my book proposal about what qualified me to write about living…Read more »
Susan E. Greisen 