Thin Places in Haiti
July 31, 2012
We had a great time at the ballpark the other day: Tigers v. White Sox in a pennant race game. Justin Verlander pitched against what’s his name, Chicago’s best.
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The Suffering I See
January 24, 2012
I stop in at International Aid every so often, to see if they can help me with equipment or supplies or whatever. Every time I go in there the first thing I see is this beautiful wall decor (I guess that's what you call it) on the wall behind the reception desk.
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Superheroes Incognito
January 18, 2012
I ran across Spider-Man the other day (I didn’t know superheroes lived on La Gonave!).
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Starfysh Publishes Haitian Creole Early Reader
January 16, 2012
After nearly a year of preparation, translating, and illustrating, Starfysh is excited to announce the release of our first book, An Nou Li (Let’s Read!), an early childhood reader.
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A Solar Hospital: This is the Vision. This is the Goal.
January 10, 2012
The final architectural drawings have been completed for a sorely-needed hospital for La Gonave. It will have 44 inpatient beds, a 4-bed emergency room, and two surgery suites.
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A More Realistic Rendition
Economic Development,Reflections
December 17, 2011
Saturday morning. It snowed last night. Christmas tree is lit. I'm on my second mug of strong, black coffee (why, Haitian, of course).
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Howdy Partner
December 2, 2011
I have progress to report, along with a challenge for those interested in making a significant and immediate impact on the island.
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If It’s Glamour We’re After…
October 25, 2011
I suppose it's a bit unreasonable to think that in these hard economic times one could make a go of a business whose sole purpose is for the benefit of someone else, not us. But there you go.
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It’s Both/And
October 6, 2011
Well, after a year of planning, we were finally able to start a program of feeding hungry kids. We had to cut down the size of program we initially had planned because we would not have been able to continue to fund it at the pace we have been receiving funds.
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