Yesterday, Little L, Littler B, and I accompanied T to the City Council Building in Knoxville where, just after noon, he became a citizen of the United States of America — 22 years after having left the Bahamas to attend
12 January 2018
Callaloo in the Mix
I woke up on New Year’s Day with callaloo on my mind. A Sunday staple in many homes in T&T and across the Caribbean, it is often cooked with crab and shares space on the plate with rice, stewed chicken, macaroni pie, plantains, and ground provisions. Somehow, I
Conch, Cane, Curly Tails, and More
My husband, T, is from The Bahamas – The beautiful Bahamas that can boast of more than seven hundred islands, rocks and cays. He grew up on Grand Bahama which is one of approximately thirty inhabited islands, but also lived in the capital of Nassau on New
A Homecoming … and Leaving
Months of anticipation and longing were brought to an end over a period of ten days. Ten wonderful days that I was careful to savour because of, and despite, the swiftness of their passing. And there was truly much to relish on my recent trip to Trinidad: family, food, music, friends, warmth,
A Blue Butterfly for Halloween
Halloween was not widely celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago when I was growing up. Sure, there were a few neighbourhoods where residents got into the spirit of things with costumes and trick-or-treating, but for the majority it was a day