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
Another gorgeous sunset at Haystack Rock It’s been too long – I’ve just been living life – and life is good in Cannon Beach. When I arrived back in April after my first trip back to Austin, I plunged into volunteering at the fabulous Haystack Rock – the icon for Cannon Beach. It’s a National … Read more
Once again I have Austin in the rear-view mirror. It has been classic Austin, wildflowers beginning to bloom – Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush, Primrose for starters – and yellow air. Yes – you read right. It took me bit to figure it out until I realized everything was sporting a layer of fine yellow dust – … Read more
Reports of my being swallowed up by the sea have been greatly exaggerated… However, as a low-tide sneaker wave at Hug Point came from behind me, wrapped its watery tentacles around first my ankles, then my calves and continued to slurp above my knees – I did wonder for a moment if this is how … Read more
It’s been rather a whirlwind, but I’m in and I’m stayin’ here for at least the year. I keep telling myself, this Fall and Winter will be the test. Thus far – not yet a month, the weather has been a nice surprise. Yes, there’s been rain, but from the reports I received from non-Oregonians … Read more
One day and counting! Yesterday was lease signing, key collecting, and the start of celebrating. A friend me met me and we had a celebratory lunch on the beach. Since some of you have been asking, here are some preliminary shots. Some are of the house as it is and others of the area. More … Read more
Hurry up and wait…. So that’s what I did – hurried and hurried and hurried and now I am waiting! Karla and I hurried all up and down the coast of Oregon looking for a place for me to live, to unload my stuff, etc. Karla drove, Garmina navigated and I hoped… It was … Read more