Sandals that grow on Trees
I wish I had a tree that grew sandals. And tennis shoes. Everyday as I walk the streets in my neighborhood (been trying to get out and exercise more) a host of street kids greet me and usually walk with me. They show me their shoes. Day after day, their sandals are broken, their shoes have […]
A note from Shelley
So much has been going on that I don’t have time to blog.So much has been going on that I need to make time to blog. This is the dance that I dance. Trying to keep room for the things that keep us connected, keep us known, keep people excited about amazing people changing their […]
Next blog: Your vote
It’s been a while. Sorry blog-stalkers. The peanut butter blog led to more conversations, phone calls, and action than I could ever have imagined. It has also, unfortunately, given Shelley and I reputations as people who care deeply about peanut butter. I think the point was that we cared deeply about Haitians, but since peanut […]
Some thoughts..
Four figures lay in the shadows as I cracked the door to the basket weavers house in the backyard open. A petite young mother, her younger sister, and two baby girls lay in the darkness. She had been beaten and had fled to the artisan center to hide where she had made a bed for […]
Fair Trade? How about B.E.A.N. trade?
Let me first start by saying that life in Haiti (or should I say life in general) has left me disillusioned with a lot the past few years. My first experiences with orphanages and the quantity of kids in them with parents who love them led us to start the Apparent Project-an artisan initiative to […]
A day in the life of…
Today was pretty typical. I woke up, quickly got ready for work and with hair still wet set the Apparent Project in motion. Locks came off doors (for those who know my key collection- I have traded up to padlocks with codes so that I won’t get hip dislocation from the weight of the keys […]
“The flood”
Please read this and share it with your friends ASAP, as it contains time critical information. If you don’t have time, just skip down to the bottom and read the LARGE text… By Corrigan Clay 5 days ago I was driving down Delmas (Port Au Prince’s equivalent of a “Main Street”) listening to the scratch […]
Beauty
This woman has no teeth. Her eyes are unproportionately large, her hair, pure grey. She obviously skipped her last few sessions of botox, is half the height of a super model, can’t remember who she is, has huge calloused feet from walking in the dirt barefoot her whole life, has nothing really to offer in […]
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No Trouble in Big China
My travels to China went off without a hitch… just barely. Four flights, one jog to a connecting flight and one full out sprint to a connecting flight landed us safely in Hong Kong on Sunday night. My travel buddy is Wilhelmina Krul- awesome helper of the seamstress program, designer of our IPAD bag, MAF […]
