Peru - colorful cultures

Peru - natural beauty

change in plans

Apologies for the extended silence. Over the last month, I ran away to Peru and joined a folkloric music and dance troop with my fellow Cornell Nutrition PhD candidate SK. I promise to update you on our latest adventures once we get back from our tour of Scandinavia and the Western Antilles....or perhaps after I finish settling back into my house, setting up the internet and figuring out at least some kind of routine here in Ithaca, NY. Hasta luego!

7/24

7 pounds in 24 hours. That's how much weight I managed to lose due to some bad meat I ate at the cafeteria on Tuesday afternoon. Not fun at all - especially given that I am trying to wrap things up at work and have endless lists of things I hoped to accomplish. Losing weight and sleeping for 24 hours straight were not on that list.

On a happier note, my parents were here for a long weekend this last weekend. We had a great time - they got to see the mountains, the beach and the clinic....some of the best of Haiti.

On an even happier note, today is my last day in the clinic for at least 2 months! I leave Haiti tomorrow afternoon and will now call New York state home once again. Even better is that I don't have to say a real goodbye to the people I love in Haiti. I know I'll be back for a week or so in October and likely a few more times over the next academic year. For now it's just "a la pwochenn" - until next time.

man in the mirror

In the hours after MJ's death some new graffiti art sprung up on a wall along our morning commute route. There is lots of impressive (and not so impressive) graffiti all around the city - most of the good stuff appears to belong to 1 or 2 artists and has a strong social/political message.