“The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.” ~ Tom Shadyac. Moving across an ocean as a child, trading a grey and gloomy city life for that of a tropical rural town, meant that my relationship to the rhythms of the earth and moon changed. […]
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” ~ Epictetus. Jamaica in the 70s and 80s was in a strange place economically. The Prime Minister spoke about Democratic Socialism, and was a little too friendly with Castro for the comfort of the US. The Jamaican Government implemented a lot of changes […]
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton. One of the most annoying things we ask children is ‘What do you want to be when you grow up.’ I was reminded of that in a conversation with a four-year-old who, without being asked, […]
“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” ~ Franklin P. Jones. December has always been my favorite month of the year. No surprise really, since it is my birth month. Considering I only saw a tiny bit of December when I was born (on the eve of New […]
“Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.” ~ bell hooks. I remember wearing my first pair of pants. Long pants. Warm legs on a cold winter’s day in England, probably when I was about six or seven years old. Back then, in the early 60s, shorts in the summer (not for ‘going out’ […]
“Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.” ~ John Ruskin. For those who love Jamaica, but who live in the diaspora, these past four weeks or so have been difficult. While life goes on as usual, there is, always, at the back of one’s mind, at the corner of one’s eye, […]
“The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your […]
“Ring the alarm, another sound is dying, woh-oh, hey!” ~ Clive ‘Tenor Saw’ Bright. Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My father, being proudly Welsh and therefore a singer, led the church choir wherever he was the minister. But it wasn’t only hymns we sang. In […]
“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst.” ~ Aristotle. When I was in my mid thirties (half a lifetime ago!), I was officially promoted from direct care nurse to administration. In nursing, the most demanding, least rewarding position is that of ‘Nurse Manager’. […]
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