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If Opportunity Knocks, You’d Better Be Home
Whatever the opposite of a black cloud is, that’s what has followed me around all my life. While luck may be the intersection of opportunity and preparation, I have had more than my share of the former. It starts, of … Continue reading
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Boston 2006: Cabbie
I went back to my Boston Marathon race report from 2006, and discovered that I had written a pretty good story, with angles quite beyond a simple race day diary. In honor of Patriot’s Day, I’m going to serialize the story over the next week. Continue reading
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Transporting Goods, Haitian Style
Sometimes, I’ll see a woman carrying something on her head in addition to having a rooster dangling in her grasp. Continue reading
More Pictures From Haiti
When things got slow in the country clinic today, I walked around outside and visited some animals. The white horse is as scrawny as he looks. Poor thing. And I’m sure there was a great big saddle sore on his … Continue reading
Cheryl’s Interpreter Gladias
I love how things seem to fall into place. I think 3 weeks for this place is giving me a really good feel for everything. For instance, I didn’t feel quite satisfied leaving the traditional birth attendants and not getting … Continue reading
Ewins Joseph: Hope for Haiti
Ewins, a 27 yo leader of his village, hopes to build a better school for the children than the one that is shown behind him. He told me a group donated funds for the construction but that it was blocked … Continue reading
Traditional Birth Attendants
Cheryl is apparently having trouble getting enough bandwidth to send any pictures, so these journal entries will have to suffice for now. Continue reading
Walking with Althus and Alishard
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Sunday at the Mother Teresa Feeding Center
More from Cheryl in Haiti: I spent the morning attending the church service at the orphanage. Language barrier but the format felt similar to services I had been to in USA. Time for praying, preaching, genuflecting, laughing, and singing. I … Continue reading
Haiti, in Pictures
Continuing the first post from Cheryl in Haiti: Continue reading