Category Archives: Haiti
Island within Island
Islands are sanctuaries. We are drawn to their simple clarity. Their geographic confines liberate our psyche. We envision life on an island as purer and more satisfying. My life in Haiti is simpler than my life in the United States. … Continue reading
Adopted by an Orphan
This is another essay published in conjunction with the third anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. This appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine on January 20, 2013 under the title ‘The Boy Who Adopted Me’. I reach down; a small black hand … Continue reading
Sweeping Dirt
A Haitian broom is a charming piece of folk craft; a sturdy branch about four feet long and an inch in diameter tied off at one end with hundreds of narrow leaves that bunch out unruly as a cheerleader’s pom. … Continue reading
Buckeye Logic Comes to Magic Haiti
This is the second of four articles I had published in conjunction with the third anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. This article was published in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer on January 11, 2013. Since the 2010 Haiti earthquake I have made sixteen trips … Continue reading
Transformation in Haiti
In conjunction with the the third anniversary of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, several newspapers have published essays about my experiences in Haiti. Over the next few weeks I will post them on my blog. Here is the first one, which the Worcester … Continue reading
Favorite Picture of 2012
I am on vacation this week, but want to share this wonderful picture of students on the stairs of the Mission of Hope school. Happy New Year to all.
The Hope of Christmas
The hope of Christmas lay in a tiny baby in a manger. I am no fan of Christmas. The myth I learned as a child seems naïve in adulthood. I do not subscribe to the religious or commercial aspects of … Continue reading
Waterfire Haiti
For the past decade I made an annual pilgrimage to Providence, RI on a summer evening to experience Waterfire, an art installation that sounds simplistic, setting fire to wood stacked in iron braziers anchored to the middle of the Providence … Continue reading
Mission of Hope Sermon
Lex and Renee invited me to speak at their church on the last Sunday of my regular visits to Haiti. We are planning to move classes into the new school in January. Even though I tried to use simple words … Continue reading
Guy World
No matter how much time I spend in Haiti, new adventures unfold in the most unexpected places. Today on a shopping trip to Port-au-Prince Lex stopped by the auto repair place to have them check his air conditioning. This was … Continue reading
