Even as I opened my eyes this morning at 7 o'clock, my subconscious was reminding me that I had nothing prepared for my language class this morning. I was Pinterest-ing ideas for a video to share and discuss, and that's when I met Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on her TED Talk, "The Danger of a Single Story." I'll put a link to it below. Please listen. It's not really about racism, it's about stereotyping. And the reaction from her college roommate when she got to America? Reminded

The house is stifling. Outside A cool breeze blowing The neighbors music Endless One song Makes you want to dance The next one Soothing as a lullaby And so you tote a quilt Up the steep ladder The music is below you now Just stars above The half moon brighter Than the few scattered bulbs Lighting up the neighborhood You and your best friend Two creaky beach chairs In the middle of a city Yet alone for a bit The music stops. The city sleeps. And you too Sleep fitfully Until 1

Good morning everyone... thought I'd write a bit to calm your fears. The country is not going up in smoke... yet! Zèzè went to work this morning. Last week we spent the mornings singing... English and Krèyol, and that was fun, but you do have to make a living. It hasn't been as bad as we thought. I went to market on Thursday, and there were only about a fourth of the vendors, and maybe a tenth of the people that are usually buying things. But Saturday we went to stock up on s

I've been thinking this evening about "getting ahead" and what it means. Hopefully, when we say this we're just referring to common sense planning with money and trying to do what we can with what we have. Maybe, because I just taught English for 2 hours, I'm just taking apart an old expression. But I'm wondering... What are we trying to get ahead of? Hopefully it's not other people! Everyone knows comparison is not wise, even though we all do it... with having a business, a