How Things Might Be

The seed and plant catalogs are starting to show up in my snow-covered mailbox.…


Berkley Hills Community Church Visits Makochon

Starfysh was just paid a visit by a high energy group from Berkley Hills…


Water Filters Installed

Thank you to all our Starfysh supporters who generously donated to our campaign…


Looking Forward

It has been just two years since the birth of Starfysh, a grassroots movement…


Thin Places in Haiti

We had a great time at the ballpark the other day: Tigers v. White Sox in a…


The Suffering I See

I stop in at International Aid every so often, to see if they can help me with…


Superheroes Incognito

I ran across Spider-Man the other day (I didn’t know superheroes lived on La…


Starfysh Publishes Haitian Creole Early Reader

After nearly a year of preparation, translating, and illustrating, Starfysh is…


A Solar Hospital: This is the Vision. This is the Goal.

The final architectural drawings have been completed for a sorely-needed…


A More Realistic Rendition

Saturday morning. It snowed last night. Christmas tree is lit. I'm on my…


Howdy Partner

I have progress to report, along with a challenge for those interested in…


If It’s Glamour We’re After…

I suppose it's a bit unreasonable to think that in these hard economic times…


It’s Both/And

Well, after a year of planning, we were finally able to start a program of…


Buying Presence

The catch-22 is this: on the one hand we want so badly to be about the work…


We Will Invest in Gardens

I have always loved gardening. Don't know why, particularly, just always have.…


Trou-a-L’Eau

Out there in the distance is Trou-a-L'Eau (pronounced Twa-loo), a tiny, remote…


Kay Po

Tucked away and hidden back down a narrow alley somewhere near the center of…


The Unglamorous Dirty Work

I spent awhile in the cholera hospital last week. There were about a dozen…