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Raging River
The Grand Goave River is almost a quarter mile wide. Often it is a trickle and we walk across it. Sometimes it meanders with enough volume to force us to walk or drive around it. I have heard stories of … Continue reading
Summertime, and the Living is Easy
George Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ is the most covered song in recording history. I would have never guessed that, but it is a factoid that makes sense. We all love summer, though our reasons are as varied as the artists who have … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti
Tagged George Gershwin, Grand Goave, Haiti, Janis Joplin, Magic Haiti, Port Au Prince, Summertime
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Safety vs. Security – Canadian Style
Somewhere towards the end of my first 24 hours in Nova Scotia, about the time I hopped a fence in the cemetery I was walking through when there was no gate where I expected, I looked around to make sure … Continue reading
Hollow Reed Swaying in a Swamp
Every so often I remind myself that I started this blog in response to my experience in yoga, yet I have not posted a piece about yoga in months. Yes, I still go to class every day when I am … Continue reading
Driving into Dawn
Pastor Akim, one of MoHI’s regular drivers, must like to get up early. He tells me we will leave at 5 am for my ten o’clock flight out of PAP. I ask him to knock on my door in the … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti
Tagged billboards, Grnad Goave, Haiti, MoHI, PAP, Port Au Prince, tap tap
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Haiti is for Lovers
By and large the people who carve out a piece of their life to work in Haiti are interesting folk. There are new missionaries every time I return to Mirlitone and, aside from the over-zealous, I enjoy them. Occasionally someone’s … Continue reading
Building Stairs
Yesterday we began building the main stairs at Mission of Hope, our first permanent concrete stairs. Like all ‘first days’ of a new phase in the work, it goes very slow and the miscommunication is rampant. It takes us about … Continue reading
Short on Olympians, Long on Olympic Spirit
Five athletes represent Haiti in the London 2012 Olympics, four are Haitian-American track and field athletes from the United States; Linous Desravine, judoka, is the sole Haitian native to compete in London. The country has only five competitive tracks, three … Continue reading
The Limits of Civilization
I am on vacation in Colorado; the mountains are gorgeous, the cycling invigorating, the hot tub soothing, the family company comforting. This is the sort of week that induces the awkward poser to post a bit of puff, about Colorado’s … Continue reading
Tim Ferriss and Me
You’ve seen him; the four hour guy. “The Four Hour Work Week”, “The Four Hour Chef”, “The Four Hour Marriage” (oops, that one hasn’t come out yet). Tim Ferriss stands in complete wrinkled splendor on this Sunday’s NY Times Travel … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged duffle bags, NY Times, Stephanie Rosenbloom, Tim Ferriss, travel
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