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Marta Pelrine-Bacon

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Month: February 2009

Sitting Next to a Thief

On February 12, 2009 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized9 Comments

The police called and told me to come down to the station. They said they needed to ask a few more questions. This time I went there on my own. They showed me my list of stolen items. They asked me to check the value of each thing. Then they told me to go into …

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Poster Girls and Mugshot Men

On February 9, 2009 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized5 Comments

My friend took me to the police station. The first thing I noticed were the posters of half-dressed women. A year and a half in the country and I couldn't get used to these posters that hung everywhere--police stations, doctors' offices, buses, and plastic bags to carry your vegetables home in. The officer told to …

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A-ha! There it is!

On February 7, 2009February 7, 2009 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized11 Comments

"I help you," he said. "Thanks, but I'm fine," I said. We walked along the ice-covered sidewalk in the dark. I didn't know him. I stepped on an ice patch and spun. My oversized backpack pulled me down to one knee. He helped me up, picked up my backpack, and slung it over his shoulder. …

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because if I could…

On February 5, 2009February 5, 2009 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized6 Comments

and I needed something different today. Thanks to monkeybird.

Other Men’s Girlfriends and Other Vexations

On February 2, 2009 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized10 Comments

I didn't go to cause him trouble, but loneliness and culture shock do not make for clear thinking. The first few months at my Peace Corps were not going well. The headmaster asked me almost every day to repeat French phrases I didn't understand. My students threw themselves on the floor if they any paid …

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Coffee and Playing Smart

On February 1, 2009February 1, 2009 By mapelbaIn Uncategorized4 Comments

My professor asked if I wanted something to drink. We were sitting at his dining room table with my thesis between us. He offered me juice, soda, or coffee. The first two sounded juvenile, and so I said coffee. I didn't drink coffee, but I didn't care. He was drinking coffee. "How do you like …

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