2013
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Things One Sees in Haiti
Think I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating, one never knows what they will see next in Haiti. Case in point, while I was typing the above sentence the guest house plunged into darkness as our electricity shut off. Luckily the battery on my…
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Daily Excitement and Daily Poverty
In Haiti, roads chew up cars. Granted, the primary inter-city roads aren’t too bad, but in Port-au Prince the best streets are heavily pot-holed and the worst all but impassable. Today I was behind the wheel perhaps four hours running errands. With no A/C I…
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Narrating Pertinent Happenings
The last several weeks have been nonstop. So busy I’m dizzy. Therefore I requested today (Monday) off – and it was granted. Last night I slept 14 hours! Holy smokes. Then late this morning I was happily munching cereal whilst watching others work. After getting…
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Degaje (day-gah-zay)
This commonly used Haitian term literally means, “Get By,” and has the idea of, “Just make it work somehow,” or, “Jerry Rig it.” Examples of Degaje abound, and to be honest they drive me nuts. I prefer things to be done “correctly,” whatever that means.…