Before class began today, the dance teacher started to cry when she talked about Haiti. She has been there and teaches the dances and knows the people and the situation. She said one of her teachers told her that every time you put your heel down, it's a prayer and that we should use the dance as an expression of prayer. So we did. The drummers played a wonderful Caribbean beat and we threw ourselves around with abandon. Abandon is difficult for me, the uptight Scotsman resists. But abandon really helps with this kind of dancing, you really get into the spirit that way.
You may not know, but you can donate frequent flier miles to the Red Cross on most major airlines; I did mine on Delta (never fly them anyway). Here is where: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/hotelcheckin/post/2010/01/road-warriors-how-you-can-donate-loyalty-points--miles-for-haiti-relief-efforts/1
And good ole Peter Greenberg gives some useful information here about organizations accepting donations: http://www.petergreenberg.com/2010/01/15/haiti-earthquake-breaking-news-updates-and-donation-resources
Can't imagine how grim this must be, the country was a mess before the earthquake!
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