Nancy By Ernest Dempsey Tue January 24, 2023 Loving Healing Press author Nancy Wesson has won the 2022 Moritz Thomsen Peace Corps Experience Award Winner for her book I Miss the Rain in Africa. Initiated in 1992, the Moritz Thomsen Peace Corps Experience Award has been presented annually to a Peace Corps Volunteer or staff member, … Read more
Modern History Press is proud to announce that its title I Miss the Rain in Africa: Peace Corps as a Third Act by Nancy Daniel Wesson has become a Nautilus Award Winner. I Miss the Rain in Africa won the 2022 Silver Nautilus Award in the category of World-Cultures’ Transformational Growth & Development. The category, … Read more
I haven’t posted for a while and life has certainly intervened. Most of it has not been particularly note-worthy, but this was such a weird event, I thought I’d share. For those of you not in my “backyard,” or family ,you may not know I broke my ankle – three fractures and a dislocation requiring … Read more
Re-printed from PeaceCorps.gov stories November 3, 2021 By Nancy Wesson Nov. 3, 2021 When I talk about my Peace Corps experience, people are often surprised to learn I entered at the age of 64. When most of my friends were planning for retirement, I was packing water purifiers, solar chargers, and a French press to … Read more
Last month I was honored to be invited to be a guest of Donna Seebo, Delphi Vision Broadcasting, on her international podcast program, Warriors for Peace, now its 7th year. “The program focuses on interviews with veterans and those individuals who are dedicated to making this world a more balanced, sustaining environment that supports the … Read more
Hi all, In case you missed it otherwise – I’m very excited to announce the release of my book, I Miss the Rain in Africa: peace Corps as a Third Act! It’s been an interesting process writing and rewriting and rewriting and letting the muse take over when I really thought the book was finished. … Read more
Boys eagerly awaiting a meal I know you have other things going on in your lives and other causes, but this evolving story is one worth telling, not only as a thank you for those of you who have so generously contributed to the GoFundMe campaign to feed the homeless children in Gulu, and to … Read more
It’s been a while, and world of COVID-19 continues to deliver unexpected challenges and opportunities. My family and I are fortunate in that we live rural lives, and those have remained relatively unchanged, with minor adjustments. But others have not been so fortunate, and the pandemic has had a devastating impact on many in our … Read more
A friend, years ago, told me I have a tendency to use ten words where three will do, and I plead guilty: I like words and their nuances. And some of the information I work with seems very esoteric (taking a lot of words to explain…), but has extremely practical, real world ramifications (not so … Read more
Still catching up her as the last snow of the season falls. I am acclimating it seems, because I wished for this snow! This, my third winter, was very mild and I found I missed the magical quality of snow, as someone who has not lived in it her entire life can say.But to … Read more