Posted: October 1, 2025
September 30, 2025 – Today would have been my father’s 83rd or 84th birthday, depending on what document you’re looking at. But 1941 is the year that I was always told was his birth year. My father never wanted to grow old. He thought that growing old would make him vulnerable to other people’s wrath.
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Tags: #domesticviolence, #haitianauthor, #haitianpoet, #haitianpolitics, #haitianwriter, #nonstoposlo, #rage, Haiti
Posted: August 14, 2025
I never thought Morten Harket would last forever. I supposed that one day, like most other legends, he would bow out gracefully, but his music would live on. Morten Harket is 65 years young, and the last thing I expected was to learn that my beloved lead singer of the greatest band alive had Parkinson’s
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Tags: #aha, #haitianauthor, #livinglegend, #lovestories, #mortenharket, #musicians, #nonstoposlo, #norwaymusic, #vivienneandlogenanders
Posted: December 25, 2024
My daughter’s boyfriend invited us to a Christmas street fair in Brooklyn a few days ago. There would be all kinds of food stands, arts & crafts, and plenty of Santas for the babies to enjoy, so we looked forward to the fun. We hurriedly got dressed and hit the road for the hour’s drive
Posted: November 17, 2024
Peace and Security are two commodities that are hard to come by on the embattled island of Haiti. Ask anyone who still dares to walk the gang-infested streets; they might tell you that living in hell might be no different than life in Haiti. The governance structure in Haiti may have temporarily changed since April,
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Tags: #haitianpolitics, #haitiviolence, #transitionalpresidential council, Haiti gang wars, haitigangviolence
Posted: May 6, 2024
I recently had the opportunity to be the subject of a documentary as part of a school assignment for a student filmmaker. He was a friend of my daughter’s, so I agreed to be interviewed. We kicked around a few topics that could be interesting and then settled on what felt right and what I
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Posted: March 25, 2024
It was a little past midnight when I heard a burst of what sounded like machine gun fire. I was still debating whether it was fireworks or actual gunshots when the sound pierced the air again. In my neighborhood, sitting on the lower part of the Turgeau hills in Port-au-Prince, the night air carries sounds
Posted: January 21, 2024
Love is such a beautiful thing. I just finished watching the most delightful movie on Netflix called “Queen Bees”, a sort of watered-down version of “Mean Girls” with older folks. This foursome rules the cafeteria in that senior living community and is known to the other residents as the “Queen B’s”. “I’ll let you guess
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Tags: #bookclub, #ellengoltzer, #faithmartin, #gerryturner, #haitianauthor, #itscomplicated, #Kathyswarts, #lastvegas, #lesliefhima, #lovestories, #marienadinegaston, #maturelove, #matureread, #newblog, #nonstoposlo, #olderwomendoitbetter, #queenbees, #secondchanceromance, #seniorsdoittoo, #susannoles, #thegoldenbachelor, #theresanist, #weekendread, newreads, romance
Posted: December 25, 2023
Hello, fellow readers! For this edition of my blog, I thought I’d take you on a brief visit at the Anders for a delightful little Christmas celebration with family and friends… This is not a part of the original story, but perhaps a continuation of it. It is a small gift to you at Christmas.
Posted: November 19, 2023
I recently came across some sad news that prompted me to return to my blog after months of being overwhelmed which kept me busy with the other parts of my life. And for this, I sincerely apologize to those of you who have shown interest in my thoughts since I began this wonderful adventure in
Posted: June 14, 2023
Last March I had the pleasure of sitting down with Archway Publishing’s Emma Creekbaum for an interview for a special segment under The Book Connection called Author RoundUp that she was hosting. My book, Nonstop Oslo, had been recommended by the social media person at Archway Publishing (Thank you, whoever you are!), and Emma thought
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Tags: A-ha, Archway Publishing, Author RoundUp, Book interview, love story, Morten Harket, musician love, New Blog, romance, romance writer, The Book Connection, travel romance