Category Archives: Religion

Hold your corner

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

I was riveted to the TV screen on Sunday evening. The Augusta Masters golf tournament was coming to a momentous close. I had just got back home. My legs ached, after standing on a pool deck most of Saturday and … Continue reading →

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Trying to see I to I

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

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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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Days 38-40)–Learning to make do

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

As befits a Lenten challenge, it was not going to be easy. Coming to the end of the forty days, I found myself in a situation totally unenvisaged: I was travelling and unable to easily write or post my thoughts. … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 37)–Talk, talk

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

The next few days may prove very difficult for writing, so ideas without much development may be the order of the day. Discussion. It means many things to each person, but needs to happen. A space is needed for each … Continue reading →

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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 35)–Yard work

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

Being Jamaican. Somethings don’t lend themselves to neat definition and brief description. This may be one of those aspects that fall into the ‘you know it when you know it’ category. It may be the same for other nationalities, and … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

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 33)–What price those peaches?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

Markets. What else would warm the cockles of an economist’s heart? I was talking with someone the other day and let slip that I was trained as an economist. “Are you a Keynesian?” he asked. I laughed and replied that … 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 Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

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 31)–Can you help me?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

The right context. The woman picked up the telephone and dialed the numbers slowly, trying to reach her bank. “If you want to continue in English, press 1,” she heard. “If you want to speak to someone about online access, … 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 Dennis G Jones (aka 'The Grasshopper')

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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