Tag Archives: Patois

FMM 5 2 2025 ‘A it mek!’

“Isn’t it amazing that we are all made in God’s image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?” ~ Desmond Tutu. One of the great defining features of my life was the fact that my family moved from a city in the UK to the heart of rural Jamaica when I was […]

FMM 10 6 2023 Where I lay my hat

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” ~ Maya Angelou. Traditions are funny things.  One of the reasons that special seasons have special meaning is because we do the same thing each year.  In England, going to Pantomime around […]