Archive for January 13th, 2010

Today, Haiti is Hades

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This typist visited Haiti a few months ago, not Port-au-Prince, but another part. I spoke to locals and saw the children playing in the water. It was a happy day, everyone was smiling, no one was suffering. Looking at the pictures of Port-au-Prince after the earthquake is heart wrenching. This little country has been beaten [...]

Flying in 2010

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Because I’ve been away for a few weeks, there’s been no swimming. So the first fly set this morning was met with a combination of fear and loathing. So I took a deep breath, wore flippers and gave it my all. And guess what? It wasn’t so bad. I wasn’t as unfit as I thought. [...]