by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jan 24, 2025 | Author, Blog, Days of Peace and War, Peace Corps
Late this afternoon I went to the liquor store and saw on the shelf a large bottle of Cointreau, the orange-flavored French liqueur, so I bought it, for Cointreau reminded me of Togo. ‘“What?’ you might say. I thought you served in Peace Corps in Togo!” I did,...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jan 9, 2025 | Blog, Books, Days of Peace and War, Peace Corps
FYI: I’m sure hygiene has improved in Togo since I lived there in 1968, more than 50 years ago, so please do not take this as a portrait of its current state of affairs. Across the continent, things have improved markedly. This is simply an account of my...