Night Palms

Roosters change everything

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February 13th 2010
Things are not going well. Woke up this morning to sounds on the street. They sounded the same as home. I just laid there for a long time and listened. Cars rushing by, the distant honk. Somebody on a cell phone. The only difference is the roosters. Their crowing reminds me I am a long way from home. Anyway,it took me a long time to get out of bed. I think it is because I am not sure what I am sup ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » Vieques

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Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and... ... read more