"These are some notes I made during a trip to the island of LaGonave in Haiti a few years ago. Birdchirp and overcast. Dogbark chorus at night. So much is the same: the morning air, the way they laugh. Starlight on the limestone road. Madan Kloka is on the hill above me planting something. Her sheets flap in the wind. Jared Diamond describes âMontanansâ in Collapse. They resemble âIdahoansâ, but are more glamorous. Bigger sky. Itâs weird to hear yourself explained to the average reader, thrown up in relief against whatâs commonplace... "
Transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/collapse/
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Date-stamped 8-5-12, but material is not date-specific