“I have believed that life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death” – Dr. Josef Breuer I have mixed feelings about When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin Yalom. On the one hand I found the central concept of...
Recently I had a very insightful, spontaneus interaction with a history professor from the Caribbean (who I will keep anonymous out of respect for his privacy) about my upcoming historical fiction novel, Children of the Ocean God. He gave me some very constructive...
“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...
