Karen Fisher-Nguyen (Berry)
@klfnb.bsky.social
Retired linguist, language teacher, and researcher in Maryland. Now doing what I love: reading, traveling with my hubby, working on our family tree, spending time with grandchildren, working out, studying languages, substitute teaching, walking Sophie.
In 1978 I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal working on a USAID rural health program in the Sine-Saloum region of the country. The program’s goal was to construct health huts in selected villages so that people could get basic medicines without leaving the village.
February 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In 1978 I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal working on a USAID rural health program in the Sine-Saloum region of the country. The program’s goal was to construct health huts in selected villages so that people could get basic medicines without leaving the village.
Sophie missed you so much!! Who can blame her? Look what's happened in the country since you left! She wants her eclipse glasses back on so she doesn't see what is going on.
January 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sophie missed you so much!! Who can blame her? Look what's happened in the country since you left! She wants her eclipse glasses back on so she doesn't see what is going on.
Sophie: “I’m too old to deal with snow on my feet. Please shovel down to the grass for me.”
January 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sophie: “I’m too old to deal with snow on my feet. Please shovel down to the grass for me.”
Enjoying my new book - a Christmas present from my daughter.
January 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Enjoying my new book - a Christmas present from my daughter.
Millersville in Anne Arundel County. About 6 and a half inches.
January 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Millersville in Anne Arundel County. About 6 and a half inches.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all.
December 25, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all.
Sophie says hello!
December 22, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Sophie says hello!
That is the perfect prescription for staying sane. I’m going to try it.
December 3, 2024 at 11:24 PM
That is the perfect prescription for staying sane. I’m going to try it.
Happy Birthday Millie! I hijacked my owner Karen's account. I am 15 and think your vest is adorable. I like pink too. How do you like my sweater? We more mature females need to stick together. Sophie (Karen's dog)
November 28, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Happy Birthday Millie! I hijacked my owner Karen's account. I am 15 and think your vest is adorable. I like pink too. How do you like my sweater? We more mature females need to stick together. Sophie (Karen's dog)
Just started White Nights by Ann Cleeves. One of the things I most like about her writing is the incorporation of Shetland vocabulary. So far I have come across "simmer dim", "voe", and "soothmoother" - I just love it. Thank you @anncleeves.bsky.social for the chance to escape to #Shetland each day.
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Just started White Nights by Ann Cleeves. One of the things I most like about her writing is the incorporation of Shetland vocabulary. So far I have come across "simmer dim", "voe", and "soothmoother" - I just love it. Thank you @anncleeves.bsky.social for the chance to escape to #Shetland each day.
Sophie is not sure she wants to go to the Vet. She keeps popping out of her carrier.
November 21, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Sophie is not sure she wants to go to the Vet. She keeps popping out of her carrier.
I have always loved mystery fiction. Right now I am working my way through Ann Cleeves' Shetland series. Blue Lightning was superb with its details about life on Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the UK.
November 21, 2024 at 10:05 PM
I have always loved mystery fiction. Right now I am working my way through Ann Cleeves' Shetland series. Blue Lightning was superb with its details about life on Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in the UK.