With food prices rising, Haiti’s poorest can’t afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt, salt and vegetable shortening. For some, these have now become regular meals. AP Photos How do we sit here and
Monthly Archives: February 2008
I used his laptop to check my mail this morning. The last google search: “common cold.” I almost laughed. But didn’t. We get a cold. They get acute viral nasopharyngitis. Otherwise known as man-flu. It’s not deadly. But he’ll try to convince you it is. (Apparently he’s also run it through YouTube. He just sent
Sister: If they ever find me dead, it’s a meat salesman called Dudley Dooright, or Doolittle, or DooSomething, who did it. Me: Huh? Sister: He comes to my door every afternoon. Trying to sell me burgers and stuff. I told him we’re vegetarians but he keeps coming back. Me: Just don’t open the door. Sister:
