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144: America Has Bad Cookies

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143: Post Office Redux

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142: Post Office

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141: Chocolates

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140: The Expanse

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139: Dancing Boys

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138: Being a Customer

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137: Saying No

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136: Prelude to a Decision

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135: My Marshrutka Route

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134: -18 Degrees Celsius

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132: Drinking with the Men

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131: Man in Snow

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130: Soviet Army Day

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129: Conversations

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128: Language Tutor

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127: A Nice Family from L'viv

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126: A Temporary Bit of Joy

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125: Poem for my Cousin

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124: Crosswords

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123: Varenyky

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122: The Coldest Cold

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121: Sacks of Sugar

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120: What Really Matters

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119: Jet Lag

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118: My Daughter's Eyes

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117: No More New Memories

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116: Back in Ukraine

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115: Eulogy

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114: Home in California

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113: Death in the Family

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112: The Move

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111: Reflecting on Education

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110: Packing

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109: You Can't Leave; I'm Kicking you Out

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108: Quick Hits as Things Fall Apart

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107: Rip Van Drunkle

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106: Stationary Conversation

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105: Refreshing and Rejuvinating

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104: Rivne and a Testy Dinner

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103: A Tumbling Cat

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102: Konyak in the Morning

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101: Invitation to the Banya

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100: Face Down in the Snow

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99: May I Sit?

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98: Zhenya's Birthday

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97: New Year's Day 2006

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96: New Year's Eve 2005

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95: Clothes Shopping

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94: Українськa життя

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93: New Year Parties

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92: A Giant, Metallic Brain

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91: First Day Back in Sarny

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90: Christmas Day Train to Sarny

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89: The Swearing-In Ceremony

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88: Lead Up to Swearing In

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87: Fun at Prolisok

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86: The Political Situation in Ukraine

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85: Death to Fascism

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84: Grandmothers

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83: He's Gonna Use His Dog As A ... Carpet?

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82: The LPI

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81: Last Day of Classes in Pryluky

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80: A Recurring Dream in Ukrainian

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78: No Ukrainian Word for Feedback?

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77: Trouble Afoot?

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76: Bird Flu in Ukraine

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75: Community Project Complete

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74:Army Day ... But The Wrong Army

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73: Trying to Find Work

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72: I Could Rant

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71: A Necessary Bit of Self-Reflection

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69: Cannot Let the Fear Win

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68: Why Do I Think This?

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67: Reflections from the Teaching Journal

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66: Do You Work for the CIA?

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65: First Class, Best Class with Volodya

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64: Bad Ukrainian

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63: Symbols of Ukraine

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62: Interlude 1--The Peace Corps Ukraine Blog

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61: Checking in with Family for Thanksgiving

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60: Problem with Snow

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59: Prelude to a Problem

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58: From The Teaching Journal--Getting Students Involved

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57: Granny Takes A Dive

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56: The Anniversary of the Orange Revolution

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55: Uncertainty

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54: Is He Trying to Get Booted?

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53: The Party Itself

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52: Prelude to a Party

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51: Де завтра?

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50: Home in Pryluky

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49: Chatting with Other Volunteers

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48: Debriefing with the Regional Manager

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47: Bad Train Poetry

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46: Samahon Buried in the Earth

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45: Toasting When I Should Be Praying

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44: From My Second (of 13) Journals

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43: Teaching in Sarny

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42: What Culture Shock Actually Is

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41: Asthma is a Choice

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40: Vodka in the Office

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39: The Only Time I Wanted to Quit

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38: Hands Remember

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37: Incident on the Metro

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36: Death in the Family, 1

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35: Our Wedding Anniversary in Ukraine

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34: A Short Reflection

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33: Maybe Not The Same Saying...But Definitely The Same Idea

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32: Personal Safety Day

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31: Poeeeeem (from the Teaching Journal)

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30: A Surprise Visit

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29: Learning Ukrainian

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28: From the Teaching Journal 2

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27: From the Teaching Journal 1

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26: Halloween in Pryluky

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25: Birth and Death, Memory and Renewal

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24: Reflecting on Cheating

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23: Wind Chill and Diarrhea

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22: Enjoy the Place I Live In

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21: It Would Be So Easy to Go Back

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20: Negative Feedback

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19: Talking with Babucya Tamara

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18: Bulls on Parade

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17: "Together to the Victory"

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16: A Wild Day on the Train

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15: "You've Only Been Here Two Weeks; Calm Down."

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14: Please Speak with a British Accent

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13: Felt Like a Guinea Pig

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12: Learning to Breathe

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11: Mobbed by Students

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10: Way Into The Hinterland

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9: A Close Moment with the Family Bird

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8: Following Like a Duck

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7: I Blew A Fuse

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6: A Group That's Going Well

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5: You're Like Frank Sinatra

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4: Mostly Nothing But Helpful

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3: Learner Training

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2: We're On the News

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1: A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Ukraine) Introduces Himself