Comments on: Apologies, Updates y màs http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/ The Pen Is Mightier Than Thy Wench Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Holley Wattshttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-59992 Holley Watts Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:44:43 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-59992 Hola Lucian! I called your mom at work for some information and a quick catchup on you and Jill so when she said you had a blog...well, here I am. My daughter Heather was PC Nepal in the mid '90's and she still finds Nepalese useful. Somehow I don't think you'll have any doubts about being able to use your Spanish. I read several of your blog entries and enjoyed your balance of humor & information. If you're trying to piece together name and face (for me) I was married to Michael Durland for several years in the '90s so I mostly knew you and your sister through the Girl Scout troop and his daughters, Jen & Mary. Back in March 2001 I went to Costa Rica for a week's vacation. It was quite something--from the earthquake fault in the NW, semi-active volcano and phenomenal countryside to the banananananana plantations and sandy beaches farther south and east. It was my first visit to our southern neighbors and I was so impressed. Your view is so much more in depth. I'll keep reading your blog with interest. Thanks for doing PC--I'd been accepted to PC Upper Volta (Africa) but chose Red Cross and Vietnam instead since ARC's offer let me finish college first. PC wanted me in April of my Sr. year. I don't THINK so! Thanks again for your service. Holley Watts Verona, VA Hola Lucian!

I called your mom at work for some information and a quick catchup on you and Jill so when she said you had a blog…well, here I am.

My daughter Heather was PC Nepal in the mid ’90′s and she still finds Nepalese useful. Somehow I don’t think you’ll have any doubts about being able to use your Spanish. I read several of your blog entries and enjoyed your balance of humor & information.

If you’re trying to piece together name and face (for me) I was married to Michael Durland for several years in the ’90s so I mostly knew you and your sister through the Girl Scout troop and his daughters, Jen & Mary.

Back in March 2001 I went to Costa Rica for a week’s vacation. It was quite something–from the earthquake fault in the NW, semi-active volcano and phenomenal countryside to the banananananana plantations and sandy beaches farther south and east. It was my first visit to our southern neighbors and I was so impressed. Your view is so much more in depth. I’ll keep reading your blog with interest. Thanks for doing PC–I’d been accepted to PC Upper Volta (Africa) but chose Red Cross and Vietnam instead since ARC’s offer let me finish college first. PC wanted me in April of my Sr. year. I don’t THINK so!

Thanks again for your service.

Holley Watts
Verona, VA

]]> By: Marenahttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-45381 Marena Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:11:12 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-45381 Ciao, Luciano, okay, I mean hola. Glad to hear you're having an authentic experience with all the ups and downs that come with it (up, a house - down, no electric). Enjoy it while you can because before you know it you will be back in modern times wishing you could return to tranquility, with or without dirty floors. I remember my first day of pulling water from the well to take a shower, flush my toilet hole, and wash my clothes, and now I think back to lazy afternoons on the beach hammock in my Senegelese village thinking that it was all such a a fabulous and strange time that I can never really repeat in the same way. As for me, I'm enjoying Italy as you might imagine. Eating well, as you also might imagine. Last weekend there was a festival in Orvieto where we had a tasting of all the courses, but you had to go to a different part of the town for each course to explore the town. Wine was flowing and it was a lot of fun. A couple of weekends ago we went to an onion festival in a town called Cannarra, famous for its onion production. Everything, I mean everything including the desserts were made with onions. By the time we drove home, well, let's just say we did so with the windows down... What else...? My last tour with the Americans went really really well! They are all talking about coming back next year for a true italian experience with Vito and I. I am planning a trip in Puglia for them. Check out my website sometime: www.atrueitalianexperience.com Now I am teaching yoga and qigong both at my home studio and at a dance school here in Perugia. Life is good. Okay, cousin, I expect a little more juice in your next update... Meet anyone new? Smiles and baci, Marena Ciao, Luciano, okay, I mean hola. Glad to hear you’re having an authentic experience with all the ups and downs that come with it (up, a house – down, no electric). Enjoy it while you can because before you know it you will be back in modern times wishing you could return to tranquility, with or without dirty floors. I remember my first day of pulling water from the well to take a shower, flush my toilet hole, and wash my clothes, and now I think back to lazy afternoons on the beach hammock in my Senegelese village thinking that it was all such a a fabulous and strange time that I can never really repeat in the same way.
As for me, I’m enjoying Italy as you might imagine. Eating well, as you also might imagine. Last weekend there was a festival in Orvieto where we had a tasting of all the courses, but you had to go to a different part of the town for each course to explore the town. Wine was flowing and it was a lot of fun. A couple of weekends ago we went to an onion festival in a town called Cannarra, famous for its onion production. Everything, I mean everything including the desserts were made with onions. By the time we drove home, well, let’s just say we did so with the windows down…
What else…? My last tour with the Americans went really really well! They are all talking about coming back next year for a true italian experience with Vito and I. I am planning a trip in Puglia for them. Check out my website sometime: http://www.atrueitalianexperience.com
Now I am teaching yoga and qigong both at my home studio and at a dance school here in Perugia. Life is good.
Okay, cousin, I expect a little more juice in your next update… Meet anyone new?
Smiles and baci,
Marena

]]> By: Leigh-Annhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-40595 Leigh-Ann Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:26:45 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-40595 Hey, better late than never! I love your command of Spanish -- awesome, and I can even read it!!! And the English isn't all thaaaaaat bad, either! Sorry I haven't kept up better with correspondence from my end -- had some computer woes at home and for awhile couldn't access your site -- but all is well now. School is in full gear, the new kids on the block are all getting integrated into the ways of HHS, and your ma is doing her regularly spectacular job of juggling all the angles and keeping us afloat! Can't believe you have been overseas a whole year at this point -- you are obviously doing well and I'm sure you are glad to be in your own digs and able to do things YOUR way, which is always so much nicer than having to do it the way somebody else expects! Keep well, keep in touch, and prayers for all good things to you! Leigh-Ann Hey, better late than never! I love your command of Spanish — awesome, and I can even read it!!! And the English isn’t all thaaaaaat bad, either!

Sorry I haven’t kept up better with correspondence from my end — had some computer woes at home and for awhile couldn’t access your site — but all is well now. School is in full gear, the new kids on the block are all getting integrated into the ways of HHS, and your ma is doing her regularly spectacular job of juggling all the angles and keeping us afloat!

Can’t believe you have been overseas a whole year at this point — you are obviously doing well and I’m sure you are glad to be in your own digs and able to do things YOUR way, which is always so much nicer than having to do it the way somebody else expects!

Keep well, keep in touch, and prayers for all good things to you! Leigh-Ann

]]> By: nadzterhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-39719 nadzter Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:49:21 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-39719 hola. i speak better italian than spanish so "hola" is all you're getting. ("ciao!" is way cooler, by the way! glad you finally have a house - im sure you'll be pimpin it out Nica style real soon! texas is awesome...it's much closer than VA so i expect a visit sometime...unless u send me a piglet, in which case i might come visit you. take care! love always nadz hola.

i speak better italian than spanish so “hola” is all you’re getting. (“ciao!” is way cooler, by the way!

glad you finally have a house – im sure you’ll be pimpin it out Nica style real soon!

texas is awesome…it’s much closer than VA so i expect a visit sometime…unless u send me a piglet, in which case i might come visit you.

take care!

love always
nadz

]]> By: Dutchhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-39347 Dutch Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:38:14 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-39347 What can i say that you don't already know... get back to me on that What can i say that you don’t already know…

get back to me on that

]]> By: Kaceyhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-39182 Kacey Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:19:08 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-39182 HOOOORAY candles! I miss you Lu! I'm officially a JMU student now...taking 12 credits this semester AND working full time. I tested into Spanish 231, so I'm going to have a bigger vocabulario cuando tu regreses a Virginia. I'm glad you're cooking and breaking out into living on your own! Andrew sends his love, and so do I! I'm at work right now, and need to record some news. Cuidado mijo...Me lo contó un pajarito una huracán esta proximo a su pais. I love you!!! HOOOORAY candles! I miss you Lu! I’m officially a JMU student now…taking 12 credits this semester AND working full time. I tested into Spanish 231, so I’m going to have a bigger vocabulario cuando tu regreses a Virginia. I’m glad you’re cooking and breaking out into living on your own! Andrew sends his love, and so do I! I’m at work right now, and need to record some news. Cuidado mijo…Me lo contó un pajarito una huracán esta proximo a su pais. I love you!!!

]]> By: Nadine, Paul and Paytonhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-38902 Nadine, Paul and Payton Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:17:29 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-38902 Hi Lucian! So glad to hear you have your own place! I'm a litte unsure about the electric problem though after just paying a ridiculous expensive electric bill, who really needs it, right?! Payton just celebrated his 3rd birthday- Pop Pop and grandmama got him a super cool four wheeler..it's almost looks real..You should see him on the four wheeler, it's like he's been driving forever!! He's a boy true and through! I have just started my new job as guidance counselor at Middletown High School...I love the hours but let me tell you...they are one disorganized group of people!! School starts in a few days and noone has their schedule yet! The school has FIVE principals and your mother could run circles around all of them!! I really do like it though...we'll see how things go when the kids actually get there! Well good luck with your new digs--love ya lots!! Hi Lucian! So glad to hear you have your own place! I’m a litte unsure about the electric problem though after just paying a ridiculous expensive electric bill, who really needs it, right?! Payton just celebrated his 3rd birthday- Pop Pop and grandmama got him a super cool four wheeler..it’s almost looks real..You should see him on the four wheeler, it’s like he’s been driving forever!! He’s a boy true and through! I have just started my new job as guidance counselor at Middletown High School…I love the hours but let me tell you…they are one disorganized group of people!! School starts in a few days and noone has their schedule yet! The school has FIVE principals and your mother could run circles around all of them!! I really do like it though…we’ll see how things go when the kids actually get there! Well good luck with your new digs–love ya lots!!

]]> By: jillyhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-38047 jilly Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:53:09 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-38047 hey lu, congrats on your new digs... that is great... and power is so over rated anyway... who wants lights when you can walk around with a candle and only see two feet in front of you... but either way i am glad that you are happy and enjoying a little liberation from the litter... so glad to hear the update... i am sure that mom took a pic or two of the new place. i am going home this weekend for labor day and this is the first time that i have seen mom and dad since i was living in nyc. you have seen more of mom this summer than i. so now i finally get to hear about her trip to see you and she can catch me up. well keep the good work up. proud of ya as always and counting the days till i see you next! muahhhhhhhhh hey lu,
congrats on your new digs… that is great… and power is so over rated anyway… who wants lights when you can walk around with a candle and only see two feet in front of you… but either way i am glad that you are happy and enjoying a little liberation from the litter… so glad to hear the update… i am sure that mom took a pic or two of the new place. i am going home this weekend for labor day and this is the first time that i have seen mom and dad since i was living in nyc. you have seen more of mom this summer than i. so now i finally get to hear about her trip to see you and she can catch me up. well keep the good work up. proud of ya as always and counting the days till i see you next!
muahhhhhhhhh

]]> By: Dutchman's Dadhttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-37930 Dutchman's Dad Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:38:56 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-37930 Luciano, So good to hear from you. And you have a house! Let's hope your electricity situation will improve as well. It's hard to believe that you guys have already been PCVs for a year and now are the old hands showing the ropes to the new volunteers. After the hardships you have been through, from now on it should be a piece of tarta. Keep up the good work, and try to keep those updates coming. All the best from the PZs. Luciano,

So good to hear from you. And you have a house! Let’s hope your electricity situation will improve as well. It’s hard to believe that you guys have already been PCVs for a year and now are the old hands showing the ropes to the new volunteers. After the hardships you have been through, from now on it should be a piece of tarta. Keep up the good work, and try to keep those updates coming.
All the best from the PZs.

]]> By: popshttp://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/comment-page-1/#comment-37892 pops Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:29:02 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/luciano/08/27/apologies-updates-y-mas/#comment-37892 Hola hijo, The bridge to your adventure is now in sight, the middle path and soon to be intersection, leading to the way back. The same son, a wiser and more informed son. You have indured the challange, while giving to others, while expecting nothing back. We are all proud of your offering. Now to respond to your entry. Your assimulation into the culture is to be commended, and I say "vinceramous." Your patience has now rewarded you with your own Finca. Well, I'm most happy for you getting moved into your new casa, Enjoy, be happy always and remember to keep your powder dry. Siempre,tu papa. Hola hijo,
The bridge to your adventure is now in sight, the middle path and soon to be intersection, leading to the way back. The same son, a wiser and more informed son. You have indured the challange, while giving to others, while expecting nothing back. We are all proud of your offering.
Now to respond to your entry. Your assimulation into the culture is to be commended, and I say “vinceramous.” Your patience has now rewarded you with your own Finca. Well, I’m most happy for you getting moved into your new casa, Enjoy, be happy always and remember to keep your powder dry.
Siempre,tu papa.

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