Sometimes when I get to a new locale or return to an old favorite I like to go out on  a walk to learn the colors and feel the sun. Pictures with no real purpose beyond my pleasure. This week I got to do that walk with one of my favorite photographers Dana Eason. 

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I got a chance to cook Sauce Pwa today. I’d be lying if I said sauce pwa (bean sauce) is my favorite haitian dish, though I did use to enjoy immensely the boy(dough boys) my grandma used to include. Random Aside : In my child’s head I somehow mixed up the haitian boy and english […]

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I wonder sometimes who will teach my children. Who will empart the lessons I never knew I was learning. Who will teach them to split a mango and claim the bone so that they can have the ultimate prize of watching another person smile. Who will teach them to hold onto someone as tears collect, […]

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Before I left for Haiti, I forgot to go to the dentist. At the end of the summer when I return to the states, I will be without health insurance for the first time in a very very long time. I was slightly tempted to use the services of the dentistry clinic that [HPCD] opens […]

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I followed the advice of a man I’ve never met today. After hearing the click splat of a falling mango, I checked to see the damage. There was a small split on the underside, so I flipped it over, washed it off, and enjoyed a mango in the dark unaware of any worms or other […]

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Last time I sat in this church I felt my faith begin to revive, after years of dormant rest. Today after a year of searching, of trial and error, my faith was reborn. Listening to Drew Mohonick speak, I forgot my camera and myself, and fell into the spirit as it flowed about the room. […]

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This year I travelled to Haiti with only 15 dollars in my wallet. Whether in the US or Haiti I’m usually a sucker for people in need. “Before leaving for Haiti a lady approached me in the parking lot of the Edgewood Target in Atlanta. She told me she had breast cancer and was desperately […]

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