This week I would like to shine a light on Fort Charlotte, which is one of the key theaters of action in Children of the Ocean God. Fort Charlotte was the main British military stronghold in Kingstown, the capital of the Colony of St. Vincent. During the Second Carib...
“Ana, cariná rote, aunicon paparoto mantoro itoto manto!” These words are the ancestral war cry that echoed in the ears of Europeans when they encountered Carib warriors in battle. This would have occurred frequently during their brutal conquest and...
As the Covid-19 pandemic drags on this week brought us another poignant reminder of the fragility of life. The La Soufrière volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of St. Vincent rumbled to life, with several minor explosive events reported. Ash and flying rocks and...
This week I am writing about something that has been on my mind for the past few months. Struggle and success. These two words are strange companions, that do not seem at first to go hand-in-hand. Yet, you can’t taste the sweet nectar of success without...
There’s been a lot on my mind lately. And it is not just related to the Covid pandemic which continues to rage on interminably. March has been a blur for me: long, mind-numbing days packed with wall-to-wall Teams meetings as well as a steady stream of...
