Running Away with the Circus: Part 2 — Circus Dreams

The best way to describe the show is in pictures but I will say this. From my friends’ house, the equipment, including a portable trapeze, gets loaded onto a long truck. Two trucks are loaded for different shows at two locations. The performers, mostly barrio boys, climb on the back of the trucks. It’s a …

Running Away with the Circus: Part 1 — Backstage

Above: My friends from The Circus of Dreams Friday we took the Expreso Bavaro bus to Higuey to visit my friends from The Circus of Dreams The manager, who is from England, and I had become good girlfriends online and even though she started as my client (I designed numerous things for them over 3 …

Signs of Progress

  Signs of progress: trash improvement in Ozama As always, when I come here, I look for signs of progress, of change, and rarely find anything significant. It’s discouraging because in many ways I want this country to be better, I want to be proud of it, to be able to brag about it. I …

Gold & Blue

After the internet center on Saturday we relaxed with a movie on my laptop (The Water Horse) which we enjoyed. Then, in the evening, we went to this Mexican ‘style’ place that my ex likes, to get some food to eat back at home while we watch another movie (Some Like It Hot) — my …

Tsunami Overshadow

Above: Screenshot from the movie “Hereafter” Well here I am at the Orlando airport. The trip down was easy breezy. I so love that I have a car. I made it down in less than 2 1/2 hours. Plenty of time to spare. I found a deal on parking, $4/day only 2 miles from the …