by John Winings | Mar 4, 2016 | General
Maybe it’s this year’s El Niño, or maybe it is normal variation. Several reports from Haiti confirm that rain has been falling regularly since the end of January. I noticed the change while I was there through the first days of February. Also, the same is...
by John Winings | Jan 24, 2016 | General
The news in Haiti is filled with demonstrations, tire-burnings, and near-riots over the seeming inability of Haiti to elect a new president. A president serves one five-year term. Inauguration day should be February 7th, two weeks from now. That won’t happen....
by John Winings | Jan 16, 2016 | General
Reforestation could not take place in Haiti without the pepinyè. This is the word for tree nursery in Kreyòl. In it, seeds germinate and grow up to a half-meter in size. Workers plant the seedlings twice a year in the harsh mountainous Haitian environment.From...
by John Winings | Jan 7, 2016 | General
Living near a highway in Haiti you typically hear a loud bang once or twice a week. These are tire blowouts, something very rare in the states. Haiti roads are rough, often with potholes, and vehicles of all kinds come and go – large and small – trucks, cars, tractors...
by John Winings | Dec 29, 2015 | General
My first trip to Europe was in 1961 with the University of Illinois Varsity Men’s Glee Club. We sang a series of ten concerts in Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Germany and France. What an eye-opening series of events for a young Illinois dairy farmer!The University of...
