What Has Happened to the Jamaica I Remember?
From my home on a quiet street across from Lake Gibson in Lakeland, Florida, I read with disbelief about the latest horrors taking place in my homeland of Jamaica. As I watch the squirrels and birds frolicking among the oak trees and the butterflies fluttering among the blooms in my garden, I recall a Jamaica […]
So Close, Yet So Far Away – Jamaican living in Central America
As a Jamaican living in Central America I have heard many perceptions from Jamaicans about the Isthmus. The truth is that many Jamaicans look down on these countries as backward and Civil War stricken nations. This is so far from the present day reality as those periods of war are long gone and most of […]
The Business of Marriage : Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 37
I was able to get most of my debt under control and I started school again. It seems like the only thing that was stable in my life. Work was not good. Hector was my supervisor. He belittled Jamaicans all the time. He made my left miserable. I could not quit as work requirements were […]
Acres of Diamonds
Russell Conwell helped to transform a night school in a church basement in Philadelphia into Temple University. He did it by retelling a story that was told to him while in a camel caravan in Mesopotamia. It was a story about Al Hafed, a very wealthy farmer in ancient Persia. Al Hafed was living his […]
Jamaicans need to carpool to ease gas burden
Relatively speaking, the time has now come for better dialogue in regards to modes of transportation and travel patterns, in Jamaica. The formidable task to encourage transportation behavioral patterns is emerging. We need to educate our people on the various behavioral patterns of different group of road users, and pedestrians. We need to remind our […]
I cry for Jamaica
In the dark when everyone’s asleep I lay crying for Jamaica In silent tears flow from my eyes as I cry out to my maker An island that was once full of life has divided -separated No more one love, no more one heart, no more getting together The beautiful sun has turned into a […]
Interview With Marc Panton The Operator of Butterfly Dreams Farm
Marc and Coleen Panton own an operate operate the Butterfly Dreams Farm in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. This month we interview Marc Panton and discuss butterflies in Jamaica. Q. How did you get into the business of butterflies? My wife and I fell in love with butterflies on our honeymoon in St. […]