An Artist’s Soul

Once upon a time I wrote, I painted, I made music… I created beautiful things. How did I get from there… to here? Where I’m afraid to pick up my guitar, because I now fumble at a language in which I was once fluent. I no longer draw or paint, because I don’t have the time. Or so I tell myself. Where I lived was always an expression of me. From cushions I designed and made. Jewelry stands out...

Waiting to be Wronged

Years ago, when I started making the shift to shaping a career rather than just holding a job, circumstance brought me into dream team, and a dream opportunity, that I never would have imagined just 2 months prior. We were charged with delivering a critical project that absolutely had to be a success. To make sure that happened, we were brought together under the leadership of a very senior member of management,...

It’s MY Day!

I’ve been singing it loud for the entire family to hear whether they care or not – It’s MY day today! Today, I am the Featured Blogger over at SITS.* Which means that for a lot of you visiting today, it’s your first time here! To you I send a “Warm Welcome from Trinidad!”  I know that while you may be new to Trinidad and new to my blog, many of you are all too familiar with...

Permission to be the Brand

I have long been lamenting the dwindling interest in historical sites and events in my area. Places that hold memories of my childhood where I was in wonder at this world around me. Places that this new generation is missing, stuck behind a Wii or TV. How to reach out and get them out there? Somebody has to do something. What can I do? Ideas were “bandied” about and, there being strength in numbers, an...

Three Little Birds

Straight out of a Bob Marley song.I woke up to find 3 little birds sitting right outside my door. Were they singing sweetly? Why yes, they were as a matter of fact.I tried to snap a pic but they flew away.The whole thing made me smile. And think. Which is a good thing, because I had been in a bit of a funk up to that point.“Don’t worry about a thing,Cos every little thing is gonna be...

The Human Spirit

Today my husband called and warned me not to look at a local newspaper’s front page coverage of the devastation in Haiti. It seems the goodly folk at decided to emblazon their front page with a photograph of a Haitian man being dragged through the streets there being beaten (to death it seems) by some angry men. I was speechless for a while. Sickened, then angry. I understand that the situation in Haiti is...

Eyes on Haiti

Death and destruction have a way of putting things into perspective for us.  Those who have lost loved ones can tell you that everything changes. We re-evaluate what is truly important in our lives. Small grievances between family members lose their significance. Petty quarrels are totally forgotten. Little things that seemed so important just minutes earlier, we simply couldn’t care less about. In...

Random 25

Facebook peeps – remember when this was going around last year? You had to write 25 random things about yourself and post it? I caught sight of my old note posted in February of last year (before I discovered blogging!) It was nice looking back, so I thought I’d share it with you. 1. I love Trinidad, but I miss the old time days. 2. I really wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, but I consider...

Through the looking glass…

I was talking to a friend of mine the other day, an amazing mother and a close friend for way too many years to count. After many years of us girlfriends being inseparable, she’s ended up migrating to another country and starting her family far away from home. We keep in touch via Facebook and Skype and email. Thank God for the wonders of technology! We’ve been able to video conference and see pregnant...

Year in Review

Ten years ago, I was planning to spend New Year’s Eve in some freezing computer room making sure the Y2K madness didn’t swallow all our technology and all our clients’ money along with it. TEN. YEARS. Where did those years go? Can it really be ten whole years since then? I’m happy to say that in those years I paid my dues. I don’t find myself planning to be away from the fam this...