Retire
Hi, When we departed the Dominican last spring we–very quickly and with almost no preparation–made the arrangement for a young Haitian family to move into our guest bungalow for the time that we were away. Johnnie and his wife, Anna have worked for some time for friends who live nearby, and the friends vouched for […]
The Administrative Note Hi, As news–or maybe just as a reminder, let me point out that these occasional e-mails have all been archived since 2007 at the El Otro WA website, www.elotrowa.com. Most of the notes available there, and most of the photographs, are relative to our life in the village of Las Galeras on […]
Continue reading about Why We Live Here & An Administrative Note
Hi, If you’ve come to this page for reflections on living in Las Galeras, RD the Archives and some of the Photo pages are for you. Johnny and Anna are holding the fort for us in Las Galeras until our return in November, but I’ve no recent posts about life in the Dominican. The most […]
Hi, Well, we’re back in Washington DC after a driving trip across the northern-ish and central slice across the middle of the United States. Our travels took us through 19 states and the Province of Ontario We did learn a few things. 64 or 76 Days We were on the road for 64 or 76 […]
Continue reading about An Accounting… (relatively long note)
Hi, Vermillion, South Dakota is home to the University of South Dakota, and to the American Music Museum. If Murdo was an improbable repository on the Dakota Plain for 250 rare and collectable automobiles, Vermillion is an equally unlikely place to house 15,000 rare musical instruments collected from around the world. The instruments are from […]