Iguanas on My Roof - Stone, Nancy
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Did you ever wonder what was foreign about the Foreign Service? Neither did I-until I began to live it. This is my story as a Foreign Service wife and mother of five. My husband's job with USAID was to improve conditions in underdeveloped countries where there was war or disaster during the Vietnam War Era. My job was to follow him to the Philippines, Vietnam, Nigeria, Washington DC, and Nicaragua. We touched another thirteen countries. There is humor in the cultural challenges and danger where guerillas terrorized the highways. It is also a peek into the world of diplomacy and embassy life.…mehr

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Did you ever wonder what was foreign about the Foreign Service? Neither did I-until I began to live it. This is my story as a Foreign Service wife and mother of five. My husband's job with USAID was to improve conditions in underdeveloped countries where there was war or disaster during the Vietnam War Era. My job was to follow him to the Philippines, Vietnam, Nigeria, Washington DC, and Nicaragua. We touched another thirteen countries. There is humor in the cultural challenges and danger where guerillas terrorized the highways. It is also a peek into the world of diplomacy and embassy life. .My Spanish caused the cook to serve sandwiches of lettuce, tomatoes, and roast beef nestled in gooey peanut butter and jelly at my spur-of-the-moment lunch for the government Ministers. .Our school bus was an Embassy station wagon with a driver, a guard, and a loaded M2 carbine rifle. .The kitchen stove on our vacation was a circle of rocks on the beach. .Managua was over six-hundred square blocks of rubble, ashes, and barbed wire when we arrived.
Autorenporträt
Nancy Stone is an award winning painter and book artist who taught art at Williston Central School, Vermont Commons School, and Community College of Vermont. Her paintings, mixed media works, and handmade books reflect playful experimentation and imagination. She is a member of the Northern Vermont Artists Association (NVAA) and a Signature Member of the Vermont Watercolor Society (VWS). She co-founded, and is a member of, the Book Arts Guild of Vermont (BAG). She was art program director of Children's Art Exchange (USA/USSR) and art teacher for Vermont's chapter of Kids4Peace International where she taught Muslim, Christian and Jewish children from Palestine, Israel, and the USA. Stone is the author of "251 Vermont Vistas," a book of her watercolor paintings documenting visits to each of Vermont's 251 towns; the original painted 'postcards' are in the University of Vermont's Special Collection. She and her husband Ken were married in 1965; they currently reside in Williston. Visit her website to learn more: nancystone.weebly.com.