Okay, so the trip is real. Tickets have been purchased. I’m totally confident that I can work the clutch and the brakes on this machine until about noon on Saturday. That’s a good 36 hours about which I have confidence. Better than usual. On Friday…
I want to try to convey, in words, one of the most surreal places I’ve ever been: It’s the gas station closest to the Haitian border in the Dominican town of Jimanai. I think of this place often – since returning from Haiti. It is…
I’ve returned to something approximating a normal routine after the trip to Haiti. I’ll admit to the usual disappointment that “everything,” didn’t change. By no means did we fix the country, or even come close (not that such was ever our intent). As on previous…
One of the few shots of Jen and I together in Haiti. Most of the time, the cameras were pointed outwards.
Here are some pictures of Haiti: Elizabeth’s picturesOur pictures Totally unorganized for the moment. Here’s one I find poignant: This man comes each day to the technical school where he lost at least 10 of his friends in the earthquake. He comes because his home…
There is a lot of writing about Haiti. I want to write for a moment about Haitians. The reason that I keep going to Haiti is not that I care so much for the nation. It’s that I’m deeply in love with its people. Haitians…
Cross posting from the work blog again: To the below, I will add: Our drivers on the Dominican side met us with huge smiles, and it was a massive relief to once again commit ourselves into the armed hands of men paid to take care…
Posting this under lock and key because the LJ account has been given out as a contact point for the group as a whole. Makes it hard to be my usual blunt self. I am freakin’ exhausted. We’re doing a good thing down here, no…
From the work blog again: We just returned from a drive around Cite Soleil and downtown. The devastation there is much, much worse than what we’ve been seeing around the clinic. We’ve basically been in a suburb – the houses are spaced a bit further…