Being human in habana

amigos, in Cuba we stayed at the Hotel Sevilla, the same hotel as Graham Greene did, where he gathered his hands-on research (lots of rum, hip-swishing women and enough political intrigue for three shelves of books) to subsequently write one: “Our Man in Havana.” Lucky Luciano, the Sicilian-American mobster, also stayed at la Hotel Sevilla, as well as Ernest Hemingway and…

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desdecuba.com, a blog speaks of freedom

hola mis amigos! yes, we’re off to Cuba, but first I want you to know about www.desdecuba.com/generationy this is the English-translation of yoani sanchez’s award-winning blog from havana, in which she realizes that, after studying literature and philology, the modern blog is the most meaningful method of putting language to use. right on soul sistah! so…

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We’re going to Cuba! In Spirit.

hi friend, yes, carter my consort and i leave for Cuba on Monday, Jan. 12th, arriving in havana with as much over-the-counter medicine, powdered milk, ivory soap and ovaltine as we can carry, plus a wheelchair apiece. we’re going as volunteers with a humanitarian effort, supported by the u.s. gov’t–so don’t worry, we’re not going to…

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It’s an OM kind of New Year!

Hello dear friend, Busy time of year for all of us, yes! Many friends, families, events, and energies spent just keeping up with it all. Whew! I’m ready for the quiet again. Well, I shouldn’t say that too loud or I might just get my wish. You know how they say to be careful for…

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LOVE — that which connects us

hi beloved,   i’m glad to hear from you! such a busy time, not just the holidaze, but … this life of ours! everyone is so busy, and that’s good, but i must always take time out to stay in touch with my beloveds.   ahhhh, the storms and the troughs of life, especially family…

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Time to make my goals for 2009

hi friend, the winter solstice was yesterday and i didn’t have time to make my goals! traditionally, this day has been when i assess how my year past has been, and to make new goals for the upcoming year, and also envision a five-year plan that’s helpful to keep me on track. okay, call me pagan,…

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a slice of stewardship

dear friend,  here is an excerpt from “More Than Dust,” the book i’m writing. enjoy!   Timote and I traveled to Jamaica, our trip funded by a grant to discover a feared-extinct medicinal plant that researchers desperately needed, for a possible cancer-killing alkaloid they’d isolated from an old specimen, in a lab. Tim and I…

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sign up here to be a spiritual warrior!

hello friend, sorry for the typos in this post: i am crippled with a tech problem, soon to be fixed (via wordpress, my host). thanks for your patience and tolerance, dear literate reader. i guess you know by now that once a week is the rhythm of my newest my blog entry. until i work…

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Hello life-giving sun

hi friend, please check out my latest update to “We Are ONE” on the “page” side of my blog, to the right. every week i’ll upload a few more pages of this picture book for you. wow, the “brains” behind wordpress have really messed me up! somehow they’ve changed the editing format and i can’t…

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the offering: a book for you

hi friend, today i’ve started uploading my picture book, “We are ONE” as a gift for you, the reader of my blog. You’ll find it, each day a few segments added, over on the right, on the “page” column. here’s a sneak preview of the artwork: the only hint i’m giving is…yes, that IS a…

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