Born in Bluefields, he and his family moved to Florida in the 1970's; and his knowledge of Nicaragua in general and Bluefields in particular is encyclopedic.
I described him once in a post somewhere as having the equivalent of a library in his head, a description that was only partly a joke. He's a gifted researcher and very generous with what he digs up. I have benefitted - and I thank him.
Earlier this year Herman returned to Bluefields for the first time in more than thirty years and we met. Three of us - Herman, Herman's close friend Jimmy Lau Downs (they refer to each other as cousins but aren't), and I - hung out briefly in Bluefields and then we all made a trip to False Bluff.
HD and I sat upstairs talking and listening to the Caribbean...
