VIOLET SYLVIA…Wife, Mother, Church Woman

Greetings! I trust you had a good weekend. Although the sky, from my vantage point, is a picture of imminent showers and the forecast for today into Wednesday corroborating the same, the sun is still trying to do as only the sun can; a vivid reminder that no matter how bleak our situations, if we…

Violet Sylvia: Her 100th Anniversary

Greetings! It has been a while. But you know the usual, muchness and manyness can be all consuming. I am thankful, however, for the joy I have been experiencing, in the midst. Today is not my usual day to write, but then today is an unusual day. On August twenty-five, 1922, one hundred years ago,…

Remembering My Daddy

Greetings! I had no intention of writing this week for once again, the calendar of appointments has burst its seams and so in addition to trying to keep up, I am doing some amount of damage control. But just now, listening to KOOL 97FM [my station of choice everyday], I heard the unmistakable voice of…

In Praise Of The Natural

Greetings, It is another Monday and here in Kingston Jamaica, it is also as the Reggae band Third World declared in their song of the same name – 96 degrees, in the shade. Still, despite the almost unbearable heat, I am giving thanks for life, for the many prospects of engaging it with joy-filled gratitude…