Bridgette Jones’ Diary – Part 1
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Old Flames Never Die : Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 52
I caught a glimpse of her from a distance. It was on a Tuesday as I entered the elevator to go to the floor I worked on. I barely saw her face. From behind she had the same coca cola bottle shape that Angela had. She was wearing a long dress but tight enough to show […]
School Days!
The cool, fresh and invigorating air of autumn has arrived and with it, another exciting school year abound with hopeful anticipation and great sighs of relief from worn out and cash-strapped parents. The familiar bright colored uniforms crisp and stiff with pleats that stood up as if saluting, shiny new and polished shoes, book bags […]
Growing Up Like A Jamaican – De Time Is Shawt But I’m Grateful for De Visit
Markdown:The following is excerpted from my book: “How To Raise Your Child Like A Jamaican (Life lessons my parents taught me)”. A book preview can be found at: http://www.dahliadwelsh.comOn November 2008 Stafford Llewelyn Samuels, my last living grandparent, passed away. I miss our talks on the veranda and the sound of his deep baritone voice […]
hybridity…
o you thought you were alonedidn’t you?well, i am also hereebony-blackand straight out of the kopjes dotting the afrikan skyline perched on those savanna grasslands above the rolling serorome valleya beautiful landscape indeedat once familiar to youand mefor as in the scripture: ‘in zion it shall be saidthat this manand that man were born here’and […]
“reprise…”
it was playing in my headpersistentlyearlier in the eveningas i jumped into the metsimotlhabe combiafter another hectic day at workand immediatelyi started jotting down some lines combi notes i call thembut for all my troubles trying to rehearse ittanza by stanzait still would not assume any defined formnothing definitetill i sat downat lastto tease it […]
the okavango…
the mystery of the okavangois fairly easy to discernprouting in the lofty angolan highlands the mighty riverwinds down its way southwards kirting the landmined areas around the benguelaand cuito cuanavale cene of a massive cuban-inspired triumphover those villains of the apartheid regime and moving further souththrough koevoet training grounds of northern namibiaand the intrepid caprivi […]
Is Life Really Good? : Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 51
My mother was ecstatic about the engagement. We were planning to get married once she completed her residency to become a doctor was finished but that did not stop my mother from planning. She estimated her residency would be finished in 2 years as she was in an accelerated program and did some of the […]
Under the Mango Tree
Lora had been going to Jamaica for years. She knew the runnings, she knew the hustle. She had made many friends and she understood the struggle that led them to do the things she had witnessed. She didn’t like it; she hated to see good people resort to bad behavior in order to put food […]
Growing Up Like A Jamaican – Missing My Grandma
Markdown:My maternal grandmother Lucy Olivier Bailey Samuels – we Jamaicans can come up with some fantastic names, eh? – would have turned 101 this month and coincidentally this is the 10th anniversary of her passing. It’s hard to get to know the heart and soul of someone when they live far away especially when your […]