“Sid dung old man”

  My father was a very principled man.  He had the greatest respect for authority and symbols of office.  This generated many a heated discussion with his children as we navigated our rebellious teens and early twenties in the seas of Black Power and Socialism.  One of the rebellious rites in those times, that signaled […]

Inspiration from world class athletes

Once again, Jamaicans the world over are celebrating with wild abandon.  Our athletes performed superbly at the recently concluded World Track and Field Championships in Daegu South Korea, winning gold, silver and bronze medals in colourful, noisy, exuberant style!  The only world record to be broken at the games came in a made-for-Hollywood movie climax […]

Clean bathroom and toilet paper

My friend in Connecticut posted on her Facebook page after Hurricane Irene: Let me stop complaining for the lack of electricity as I had water!! Several friends of mine has well water and what that means is they need power to bring the water from the well. Sorry to say they still do not have […]