‘NININ’S’ WISDOM

Sometime, following the passing of my father, I cannot now recall how long it was between his going and her coming, my maternal grandmother, [who resided in the city of Kingston] came to live with our family, in the rural town of Morant Bay. Ninin, as she was affectionately called, had lost sight in her…

HATS OFF TO THE MEN IN MY LIFE

Greetings! It’s been a minute; but you know how it is; the heart is always willing but more often than not the weakened flesh cries “Cree” and I am back to, or sometimes behind, first base. But here I am today, sitting at my computer, feeling more than a little nudge, to share a few…

WORSHIP OVER WORRY; FAITH OVER FEAR…

Greetings! As I opened my computer, and before I began to type, I prayed… “Lord, may this New Year be one in which a smile comes to your face, a twinkle to your eyes and a swelling warmth within your heart, whenever you look at me.” I am not making any New Year resolutions; I…

O Canada…

Greetings! There was a time, some months ago, when in trying to secure the required visa permit to make the trip to the Great North, I seriously contemplated ditching the whole idea. So invasively detailed were the questions on the application, added to the impersonal nature of the process, I was ready to yield to…