For me the sea has always been where I turn for inspiration, solace, and wonder. The night I was born I breathed thick salt air and first heard the sound of long Pacific swells rolling onto whispering sand, and from that day my life was held forever in the sea’s net of wonders. My mom […]
Hurricane Richard Passes Directly Overhead
Roatan, Honduras Wow, what a ride…a few days ago, Hurricane Richard passed almost directly over our position here on Roatan. For several days, we watched it approach, slowing down and gathering strength as it hesitated out in the Atlantic, almost as if it were undecided about whether to move northwest, as most hurricanes do, or […]
August 28, 2010. Isla Roatan, Honduras.
On Wings Of Angels A few days ago we did a house call from the RBC Center to a lady who was 6 weeks post stroke. The family’s house was at the top of a 35-foot steep slope, and she had pretty complete right sided paralysis. Her speech and cognition were affected badly; she seemed […]
Another turning point
June 28, 2010. Petit-Goave, Haiti. “Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road, Time grabs you by the wrist, Directs you where to go, So make the best of this test, And don’t ask why, It’s not a question, But a lesson learned in time.” –Green Day, “Time of Your Life” Ah, calm seas […]
Happiness is a deliberate choice
Before coming here—my first trip to Haiti—we had done so much reconnaissance (and I have already been to many places in the developing world) that I had a pretty good idea what to expect, but I also knew that there would be many things that would come out of left field and surprise me. From […]
End of week two in Petit-Goave
Well, at the end of our week here in Petit-Goave, it’s time to check how well we are meeting the goals for our project that I first envisioned over two years ago while working long nights in Irish hospitals. I dreamed of a multi-skilled, highly adaptable relief team aboard a self-sufficient support platform that could […]
June 21st, 2009
June 21, 2009. Palm Coast, Florida Today marks the longest day of the year, and for us it surely was! We got up before dawn an piled into our rental jeep to head down to the beach and watch the sunrise over the water—a novelty for those us from the west coast, but we were […]