Category Archives: Life styles

Trying to see I to I

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

Sunday morning in the church yard. Glaring sunlight. A couple of my fellow parishioners were seated on a bench; the man was wearing dark glasses. I started a conversation with the man, who told me how he was letting his … Continue reading →

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Do you have the right app-titude?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Modern workers need to have something new: I like to call it ‘the right app-titude’. New technologies have changed many aspects of how they do their jobs, but the creation of apps (applications) and the widening use of smartphones means … Continue reading →

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Being fifty, feeling nifty?

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Saturday, midmorning, and my inner juices are now flowing at a normal rate. I had a lie in, till 9 a.m. Whoo-hoo! I stretched. I splashed cold water on my face. I did a little thinking about a few things, … Continue reading →

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My ex, rugs, wok and rolls

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

It’s all about the Benjamins, baby. (With due deference to Dick Vitale, as March Madness nears its maddening end.) “C’mon, man! You’ve got to make money out of this thing.”…”You’re crazy! People will pay you good bucks for what you’re … Continue reading →

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You are your food

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

The idea of your being what you eat is neither new nor unique when it comes to nutrition. I’m not going to get into a froth about organic farming. Nor am I going to get all romantic about turning urban … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 34)–What emancipation?

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

The fight against oppression. Somewhere, at my core, I am extremely happy that my ancestors, having been brought to the Caribbean from Africa in chains, found themselves and their offspring liberated from those shackles, by the British, some 180 years … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 32)–The richness of being hand-to-mouth

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

A roof over my head and food on my plate. Yesterday, completely by happenstance, I got the chance to meet someone a little better. I’d just dropped my third grade daughter at the church for her regular choir practice, and was … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 30)–Turning negatives into positives

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Photography. I was in my early teens when I really became interested in taking photographs. My father came home one day with a Brownie box camera, which he’d picked up from a second hand shop, and I was off and … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 26)–Into Africa

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Guinea. Things happen for a reason? Few wanted to venture onto this assignment.  Healthcare was a problem. Transport was a problem. Corruption was a problem. Communications were a problem. Poverty was a problem. Wasted resources were a problem. Goodness me! … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 23)–Darkness and light

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Midnight hikes and bonfires. Perhaps, it’s getting into my inner Neanderthal, but I always found something very soothing about taking treks in the dark and sitting by fires. Sure, someone told me I should do the trekking to show that … Continue reading →

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