Hello Again! .... & Happy New Year!

i know.  i have been a major slacker on the blog front, but not without good reason.  i promise.  i've spent the majority of the past two months at my sister's house: a family-sized cabin in the heart of pike lake state park, ohio.  read: no cell phone reception and dial-up internet.  yes, DIAL-UP.  it does still exist in some parts of the world and it still makes that annoying screechy dialing tone as it's attempting to connect.  dial-up, for me, has been good enough to check into my cyber life, but as far as participating in it...no ways.  no viewing of photos, no up or downloading of anything.

the good thing about being there, tho, other than spending much quality time w/ my sis & her fam and learning how to work some gum paste and fondant on some extreme cakes (my sis is a cake magician), is that it's just plain lovely and consists of forest trails, white-tailed deer and beaver dams around the icy lake.  anyhow, it's been nice reconnecting w/ so many dears.

now it's 2011 [!]and i'm spending new year's day/night in the miami airport, along w/ my old pal, franck (it's been about 7 years!).  tomorrow we'll be en route to haiti where we will get right to work on a development project, building a community center and diversified organic garden.  i'm really looking forward to being back & spittin' creole on a daily basis.  many updates to come!
check out franck's organization (Asakivle) at  www.asakivle.org .  :)