Archive - May 18, 2014

[This “A Writer Writes” was published back in the Nineties and is a amusing and touching tale by a ‘second generation’ PCV, Adrienne Benson Scherger (Nepal 1992-94).] A Writer Writes Renewable Resources Growing Up with “Sarge” Shriver’s Biggest Fans by Adrienne Benson Scherger (Nepal 1992-94) MY BROTHER IS THE BLACK SHEEP of the family. He married a year out of college and went to law school, which he loved. Soon afterwards he became a lawyer and a father. I admire his rebellious spirit. I, on the other hand, split up with my college boyfriend just before graduation. He went back home to Alaska, and I packed a backpack and headed for the Himalayas to work as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal. I always was the dutiful daughter. Ever since I can remember, Sargent Shriver’s name has been a household word. Often, one or the other of my parent’s would . . .