Las Galeras
A few of you have asked about the cats, as in “What’s up with the cats?” Well, I’ll tell you… For much of my adult life I have lived with cats. This is not because I have a particular affinity for felines, although I like them well enough. Rather, it is because many of the […]
Here on the northeast coast of Hispaniola everything grows, and for most of the year it grows furiously. It’s growing furiously right now and it will grow furiously right up until my return flight to the US lifts off in mid-September or early October. It will certainly grow furiously during my absence and it is […]
Hi, These past three months have found me not entirely bereft of thoughts worthy of attention, but the idea of sitting down at a computer to give voice to these ideas has felt somehow pointless in the face of the enormity of living without Denise. Actually, much of my best thinking recently has centered on […]
Hi, Denise and I didn’t feel a thing on the day of the earthquake in Haiti, but we do seem to feel more with each passing day since then. The natural inclination has been to go to Port au Prince, but that would contribute little practical help and would only interject another hungry person into […]
Hi, I suppose that wherever you may be reading this, you do have road conditions. How are they, generally? You might not realize it, to hear the way some people complain, but the condition of our roads locally has been consistently improving over the five years that we’ve been coming to Las Galeras. This isn’t […]