Hello to all: I have had a very quiet day today, sitting at the picnic table for the most part, enjoying the great outdoors while I did a pile of book keeping. It's nothing much to report upon but I sure do feel good for what I accomplished today. I also caught up with correspondence and a number of other little items.

My search for canned fish let us to various food distributors in an industrial type storeage compound not too far from downtown PAP. That was an interesting experience...watching all of the vendors coming to purchase their supplies. Vehicles of all shapes and sizes lined up to pick up the purchases. This time around was an exploratory visit for us, but next time we will be in there like a "dirty shirt" bidding for attention to get our order made and paid for.

Downtown looks pretty much the same..or at least the parts I saw. A few more buildings have been demolished but tents are still up around the Champ Mars area and elsewhere.

News/radio commentaries I have heard in the last day or two pertain mainly to preparation for elections (to be held in Nov?), police action taken in Cite Soleil and elsewhere resulting in the arrest of 27 escaped prisoners, the functioning of the main gov't hospital in downtown - return to some of the buildings for care, services available, free services continue and other.

Tomorrow Wilner comes for a visit and to help pack up some items from the apt we will take to 'Deschapelles on Sunday. Slowly but slowly the place is being emptied out.

That is about it for this evenings update. Have a good weekend one and all.

Debbie