Recently my book, Lessons from Starfish, was reviewed by Judith Falloon-Reid. A luminary in the literary and cinematic realms, she is renowned as the host…
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Still Dreamin’ – Almost There!
July 21, 2023After working on my first manuscript for about 11 years, I decided to stop procrastinating and get the “thing” published for once and for all!…
My Gentle Giant… Freddy
May 5, 2023Although always near in my heart, Freddy is no longer in this physical place. He no longer calls me on the phone and says, “Hey…
The Strength of our Roots
September 21, 2022There’s a mountainous area in Clarendon, Jamaica, a parish to the west of the capitol, Kingston. My grandfather, Frederick, was born there on a mountainside…
Why CARICON?
May 31, 2022Why Caricon? When I was a child I was a West Indian. I didn’t know it then, but I was an Indian because Christopher Columbus…
Alcántara…
April 12, 2022Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara keeps protesting for freedom of expression in his country – Cuba. And he keeps going to prison for his protests. Every…
Banning Truth? No!
February 25, 2022Recently there have been some concerns expressed in the general media – major networks, I should say – about the fact that various political and…
A New Year for Cuba…
January 27, 2022On the second day of Kwanzaa, we light a candle for Kujichagulia – self-determination in English – autodeterminación in Spanish. In this New Year, it…
Chilling words…
December 27, 2021Checking in on the trials of the three vigilantes who lynched Ahmaud Aubrey and the one who murdered two Black Lives Matter protesters and wounded…
Seeing Ourselves When We Read…Appreciating Others
December 9, 2021Seeing Ourselves When We Read…Appreciating Others We all love to “see” ourselves in whatever we read. We relate, sometimes, to the way characters look or…
