Weekly Photo Challenge: Down
It's hard to think of down without thinking of its opposite: up. As a matter of fact, we use the expression up and down quite often. We anticipate that what goes up, must eventually, go down. Down can also describe our moods. No one wants to feel down, on the other hand, people who are down to earth put everyone else at ease. Here are my pick of photos that express down. It wasn't difficult to find examples, I have quite…
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Travel Photo Thursday: Negril
Negril is located on the western tip of Jamaica. It got its name from the Spanish word, Negrillo, which either refers to the black cliffs south of this small community or the black eels that used to be found along its coast. Whenever I go to this world famous spot, I always think of my first visit. I was 10 or 11 years old at the time. All Negril was then was a main road, the beach, a couple places to stay…
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Negril, Miles of Beach
Ask anyone about Negril and the first thing they’ll mention is its beach. Nearly 5 miles long (though everyone claims it to be 7 miles) of unobstructed beach, it's the place to go if you’re looking for the best white-sand beach and spectacular sunsets. Negril straddles two of Jamaica’s western parishes – Westmoreland and Hanover – and hugs the coast from Bloody Bay (Hanover) to the lighthouse, in Westmoreland, which was built in 1894. [caption id="attachment_8250" align="aligncenter" width="583"] Lighthouse, built…
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Soulful Sundays: RIP Whitney
Last night, I heard the shocking news: Whitney Houston had died. I sat in total disbelief, glued to the television set, watching as the news scrolled across the ticker. Even after I saw the word was, as in Whitney Houston was....it didn't feel real. No, Whitney Houston can't be dead. But she was. [caption id="attachment_8217" align="aligncenter" width="508" caption="Whitney Houston, photo from the Internet"][/caption] In the footage that played over and over, she looked vibrant, alive. Nothing in these images predicted this…
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Travel Photo Thursday: Sunrise, Sunset
[caption id="attachment_6058" align="aligncenter" width="594" caption="Golden Mile Sunrise, Durban"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8207" align="aligncenter" width="496" caption="Sunrise over the Atlantic"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8202" align="aligncenter" width="568" caption="Harlem Sunset"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8205" align="aligncenter" width="567" caption="Paris Sunset"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8209" align="aligncenter" width="497" caption="Zimbabwe Sunset"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8210" align="aligncenter" width="495" caption="Zimbabwe Sunset"][/caption] This is my submission to this week’s Budget Travelers Sandbox Travel Photo Thursday series. Be sure to check out other photo and story entries on their website.
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Remembering Bob Marley
Reggae icon, Bob Marley would have been 67 years old today. It's interesting to see how many people Bob touched with the message of his music. When I was planning my trip to South Africa, I happened upon a link to an Earth Festival that was being put on by the Knysna Rasta Village. I called the village right away and made arrangements to visit. I looked forward to the tour and to meet these South African Rastas. When we got to Cape…
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Soulful Sundays: Etana
I saw Etana in concert a few years ago in Jamaica. About a year or so before I did, I had heard about a young singer who had given up a recording contract in the States to return to Jamaica to devote herself to the music she wanted to sing and to do it her own way. I was impressed and when I heard she was to perform at the 2009 literary festival in St. Elizabeth, I knew where I…
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Travel Photo Thursday: Dig In!
As I looked for photos for today's Travel Photo Thursday, I was surprised by all the photos I've taken of food. But I shouldn't have been. I love looking at food, the way it's presented, the interplay of colors and textures, even the shape of the plate it's presented on. As I look at these photos, I recall something Solange, my almost-mother-in-law, used to say, “La nourriture doit plaire a l’oeil avant de plaire a l’estomac (Food must please the eyes before…
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New Ferry Service for the Eastern Caribbean
I used to feel a little envious when my aunt would talk about the island hopping she and her friends did when they were at the University of the West Indies. Back then, the best way to travel among the islands was by boat. The trip she talks about often took place the year she graduated. She and some of her class mates decided to accompany those from different islands who were returning home. Whenever they reached the island home…
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Soulful Sundays: Marcia Griffiths
Marcia Griffiths was born in Kingston in 1949. She started singing professionally in 1964 but became an international sensation in 1989 when a deejay in Washington, DC began playing a little song she recorded seven years earlier. The Electric Boogie, with its infectious, feel-good rhythms, spawned a new line dance, the Electric Slide, which still draws young and old to dance floors at weddings, family reunions and parties. It was featured in movies, The Best Man (1999), and on the…
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